| A | B |
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| Bleeding Kansas | 1854-1861 Kansas' nickname because of violence. |
| Kansas Nebraska Act | 1854-Introduced by Stephan Douglas that includes popular sovereignty. |
| Popular Sovereignty | The will of all the people (by voting). |
| Border Ruffians | Missourians who illegally voted din the early territorial elections in Kansas. |
| Missouri Compromise | 1820-A line dividing the northern and southern states regarding free and slave states. |
| Bogus Laws | Illegal laws. |
| Jayhawkers | The term Missourians gave Kansas raiders (antislavery). |
| Bushwhackers | People that are pro-slavery, (Missouri), that raided antislavery settlements. |
| Beecher Bibles | Guns sent by a preacher named Henry Beecher in crates labeled "Bibles". (antislavery) |
| John Brown | A radical abolitionist who thought slavery was evil. |
| Clarina Nichols | A woman who made sure The Kansas Constitution included rights for women. |
| Andrew Reeder | Appointed governor of the Kansas Territory by President Pierce in 1854. |
| Civil War (dates) | 1861-1865 |
| Abolitionist | People who were against slavery, wanted to see it abolished and stopped. |
| Charles Robinson | 1st state governor of Kansas. |
| Underground Railroad | An escape route for slaves to use to be freed in the 1850's and 1860's. |
| Wyandotte Constitution | A constitutuion that allowed Kansas to become as state. |
| James Lane | 1st Senator of Kansas. |
| Dred Scott | A slave who sued the government for his freedom. |
| Free Stater | People who did not want to see slavery expand into the territories but not abolished in existing states. |
