Form 4: Bleeding Kansas & Border Ruffians Exercise

Form 4: Bleeding Kansas & Border Ruffians

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Form 4: Bleeding Kansas & Border Ruffians

Explore the violent conflicts of Bleeding Kansas and the actions of Border Ruffians. Learn how popular sovereignty led to local warfare over slavery in the region.

Questions

  1. MultiChoice

    Why was the Kansas Territory referred to as 'Bleeding Kansas' in the mid-1850s?

  2. MultiChoice

    Who were the 'Border Ruffians'?

  3. MultiChoice

    Which radical abolitionist led the Pottawatomie Massacre in Kansas in 1856?

  4. MultiChoice

    What pro-slavery town in Kansas was raided and sacked by pro-slavery forces in May 1856?

  5. MultiChoice

    Why did Kansas end up with two rival territorial governments in 1856?

  6. MultiChoice

    What was the pro-slavery constitution drafted for Kansas called that was rejected by Congress?

  7. MultiChoice

    What brutal incident occurred on the U.S. Senate floor related to 'Bleeding Kansas'?

  8. MultiChoice

    What speech by Charles Sumner provoked Representative Preston Brooks to attack him?

  9. MultiChoice

    Who funded anti-slavery emigrants moving to Kansas by providing them rifles known as 'Beecher's Bibles'?

  10. MultiChoice

    When did Kansas eventually enter the Union as a free state?

  11. MultiChoice

    What did the violence in 'Bleeding Kansas' demonstrate to the American public?

  12. MultiChoice

    How did many Southerners react to Preston Brooks' attack on Charles Sumner?