Chapter 4 - KH Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
ProSlavery | Supportive practice of slavery |
AnitSlavery | Opposed to practice of slavery |
Abolitionists | A person who wanted to bring about the immediate end of slavery |
Free- Staters | A settler who believed Kansas should not allow slavery |
Speculators | Someone who invests financially in something with the possibility with great gains or losses |
Unconstitutional | Not in accord with the principles set forth in the constitution of a nation or state |
Demographic | Relating to the study of the characteristics of human populations |
Siege | The surrounding and blocking of a city or town by an army attempting to capture it. |
Atchison | A city that was big enough to be called as city controlled by Pro Slavery settlers |
John Brown | Well known Abolitionists who was anti slavery |
Jayhawkers | A free soil or Unionist guerrilla in Kansas and Missouri during the border disputes |
Bushwhacker | Missouri settlers who raided antislavery settlements in Kansas. |
Popular Sovereignty | the concept that political and legislative power resides with the citizens |
Repeal | To revoke |
Treason | Violation of allegiance toward one's country |
Transcontinental | spanning or crossing a continent |
Andrew H. Reeder | First governor of the Kansas territory |
Charles Sumner | Charles Sumner was a senator that was anti slavery |
Servitude | A state of subjection to an owner or master |
Expansionist | The practice or policy of territorial or economic expansion |
Indentured Servant | A person who is bonded or contracted to work for another for a specified time |
Martyr | One who chooses to suffer death rather than renounce his or her beliefs |
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