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8 matches to Kansas
Bleeding Kansas. 1854-59. Antislavery vs Slavery advocates for control of Kansas. Wyandotte Constitution.
Kansas. Kansa, Osage, Pawnee, Wichita. 1541 Coronado explores. 1803 US acquires in Louisiana Purchase. 1861 34th state.
Kickapoo Indians. North America midwest warriors. Fought Americans in American Revolution, War of 1812, Black Hawk War. Resettled in Kansas.
Lecompton Constitution. 1858. Rejected pro-slavery Kansas constitution.
Mountain Meadows Massacre. 1857. Paiute Indians and Utah Mormons kill 137 Arkansas emigrants en route to California.
Popular Sovereignty. 1850s. US territories could join Union as free or slave states. Bleeding Kansas.
Quantrill, William. 1837-65. Confederate guerilla leader of 1863 massacre at Lawrence, Kansas.
Wyandotte Constitution. 1859. Conclusion of Bleeding Kansas. Rejected slavery, women’s suffrage.