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Territorial Kansas: An Introduction
Territorial Politics and Government
[Historical Background]
Territorial Politics
Elections
Delegate to Congress (Nov. 1854)
Territorial Legislature (Mar. 1855)
Topeka Constitution delegates to convention (Oct. 1855)
Topeka Constitution ratification (Dec. 1855)
Lecompton Constitution delegates to convention (June 1857)
Territorial Legislature (Oct. 1857)
Lecompton Constitution ratification (Dec. 1857)
Lecompton Constitution ratification (Jan. 1858)
Leavenworth Constitution delegates to convention (March 1858)
Leavenworth Constitution ratification (May 1858)
Lecompton Constitution ratification (Aug. 1858)
Wyandotte Constitution delegates to convention (June 1859)
Wyandotte Constitution (Oct. 1859)
First election of state officials (Dec. 1859)
Other Elections
Political parties
Pro-Slavery/Law and Order Party
Free State Party
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Newspapers
Free State
Pro-slavery
Territorial Government
Legislatures
Pawnee/Shawnee Mission
Lecompton
Topeka
Lawrence
Executive Department
Governors
Andrew H. Reeder
Daniel Woodson (acting)
Wilson Shannon
John White Geary
Frederick Perry Stanton (acting)
Robert John Walker
James William Denver
Hugh Sleight Walsh (acting)
Samuel Medary
George Monroe Beebe (acting)
Appointments
Taxation
Claims
Judicial system
Constitution Making
Constitutional conventions
Topeka (Oct. 1855)
Lecompton (Sep. 1857)
Leavenworth (Mar.-Apr. 1858)
Wyandotte (July 1859)
Boundaries
Rights of women
Rights of African-Americans
Border Disputes and Warfare
[Historical Background]
Border Ruffians and Jayhawkers
Pro-slavery perspective
Free State perspective
Military Organizations
U.S. Army
Militias
Significant Incidents
Wakarusa War (Nov. - Dec. 1855)
Sack of Lawrence (May 21, 1856)
Pottawatomie Massacre (May 24, 1856)
Battle of Black Jack (June 2, 1856)
Battle of Franklin (June 4-5, 1856)
Dispersal of Topeka Legislature (July 4, 1856)
Battle of Fort Titus (Aug. 16, 1856)
Battle of Osawatomie (Aug. 30, 1856)
Battle of Hickory Point (Sept. 13, 1856)
Marais de Cygnes Massacre (May 19, 1858)
Battle
of the Spurs (January 31, 1859)
Dr. John Doy trial (March 4, 1859)
John Ritchie kills Leonard Arms, (Apr. 20, 1860)
Morgan Walker raid (Dec. 1860)
Immigration and Early Settlement
[Historical Background]
Emigrant Aid Organizations
Free State
New England Emigrant Aid Company
Connecticut Kansas Colony
National Kansas Committee
New York State Kansas Committee
Massachusetts State Kansas Committee
Other organizations
Pro-slavery
Buford expedition
Clayton expedition
The Economy
Agriculture
Banking
Communications
Newspapers
Pony Express
Telegraph
Drought
Land
Speculation
Land acquisition
Surveying
Law
Medicine
Milling
Pike's Peak Gold Rush
Relief
Retail businesses (stores)
Transportation
Freighting
Railroads
Stage coaching
Trails and roads
Water transportation
Community Life
Education/Schools
Entertainment
Ethnic groups
Organizations and clubs
Religion
Town development
Daily Life
African-Americans
Underground Railroad
Slaves in Kansas Territory
American Indians
Specific Settlements
Atchison
Connecticut Kansas Colony
Emporia
Eudora
Fort Scott
Lawrence
Leavenworth
Lecompton
Lyon Creek Settlement (German)
Manhattan
Osawatomie
Ottawa
Pawnee
Quindaro
Tecumseh
Topeka
Utopian Communities
Wyandotte
Personalities
Samuel Lyle Adair
George Washington Brown
John Brown
John Calhoun
Martin Franklin Conway
Franklin Loomis Crane
Rush Elmore
Thomas Ewing, Jr.
Isaac T. Goodnow
John Adams Halderman
Richard Josiah Hinton
Cyrus Kurtz Holliday
John James Ingalls
Charles Ransford Jennison
Samuel J. Jones (Sheriff)
James Henry Lane
Samuel Dexter Lecompte
Julia Louisa Lovejoy
John Alexander Martin
James Montgomery
Henry Miles Moore
Clarina I. H. Nichols
Marcus J. Parrott
William Phillips
Samuel Clarke Pomeroy
Andrew Horatio Reeder
Charles Robinson
Sara T. D. Robinson
Benjamin F. Stringfellow
National Debate About Kansas
[Historical Background]
Issues and Ideas
Anti-slavery perspective
Pro-slavery perspective
Popular (squatter) sovereignty
Sectionalism
Westward expansion
Politics
Kansas - Nebraska Act
Political parties
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Free Soil Party
Presidential campaigns
1856
1860
Federal Government
Congressional actions
Presidential administrations
Franklin Pierce (1853-1857)
James Buchanan (1857-1861)
Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865)
Judicial actions
Responses to Activities in Kansas
Press coverage
Speeches
Poetry, music, political cartoons

