Civil War Quiz: What Do You Know About Bleeding Kansas?

Q#1 – What original territory was the state of Kansas part of?

Q#2 – When was Kansas admitted to the Union?

Q#3 – As abolitionism became increasingly popular in the United States and tensions between its supporters and detractors grew. What compromise would directly affect the issue of slavery in the Kansas Territory?

Q#4 – The Kansas–Nebraska Act was proposed by Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois. What assumption regarding slavery did Douglas rely on that would appease Southerners in Congress?

Q#5 – What are the origins of the term “Bleeding Kansas”?

Q#6 – Who were the first settlers of the new Kansas Territory?

Q#7 – What action did President Franklin Pierce take that helped plant the early seeds for a “Bleeding Kansas”?
 
Q#8 – Who were the “Border Ruffians”?

Q#9 – In 1855, what did a congressional committee investigating the election of proslavery Democratic candidate John Wilkins Whitfield for a nonvoting delegate to Congress discover?

Q#10 – On March 30, 1855, the Kansas Territory held the election for its first territorial legislature. What were the results and what major action influenced which people were elected?

Q#11 – Stating the March 1855 election as fraudulent, Free-Staters elected delegates to a separate legislature and proclaimed itself the legitimate government and called the proslavery government “bogus”. What action did then President Franklin Pierce take?

Q#12 – What was the Wakarusa War of 1855?

Q#13 – What act of violence was initiated as a result of a speech made in the US Senate entitled “Crimes Against Kansas”?

Q#14 – What act of violence was committed when John Brown led his sons and other followers into Kansas?

Q#15 – What was the Battle of Osawatomie that was fought in August 1856?