Kansas History

Kansas History Stephan douglass ️writer of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, debated with Lincoln about popular sovereignty Popular sovereignty ️A belief that ultimate power resides in the people. Proslavery ️supportive of the practice of slavery Anti slavery ️Abolitionist Abolitionist ️A person who wanted to end slavery Free stater ️a settler who believed Kansas should not allow slavery Missouri compromise ️There were 11 free and 11 slave states. Admitting Missouri as slave state would upset the balance of power in the Senate. maine came in as a free state Henry clay Compromise of 1850 ️(1) California admitted as free state, (2) territorial status and popular sovereignty of Utah and New Mexico, (3) resolution of Texas-New Mexico boundaries, (4) federal assumption of Texas debt, (5) slave trade abolished in DC, and (6) new fugitive slave law; advocated by Henry Clay and Stephen A. Douglas Kansas-Nebraska act ️1854 - Created Nebraska and Kansas as states and gave the people in those territories the right to chose to be a free or slave state through popular sovereignty. Border ruffians ️Missourians who traveled in armed groups to vote in Kansas's election during the mid-1850's N.E.E.A.S. ️An anti-slavery organization that sent thousands of people to Kansas to forestall the South and make a profit. Southerners were angered based on the understanding of the Kansas-Nebraska Act that Kansas would be a slave state and Nebraska free, but virtually no slaves lived in either state. Jayhawkers ️People in Kansas who were anti-slavery and willing to use violence Election fraud ️Corrupt bosses use political machines to fake names and vote multiple times to ensure victory, bribery was common, construction contracts in kickbacks extra money fr