SECTIONAL CRISIS 1850 1861
BLOODY KANSAS
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Bushwhackers
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Border Ruffians
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Jayhawkers
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Beecher Bibles
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Detailed explanation-1: -“Jayhawkers” was the name given to antislavery fighters from Kansas. Jayhawkers fought against Missourians during border wars. Many Northerners raised money and supplies for antislavery settlers in Kansas. Henry Ward Beecher was such a man.
Detailed explanation-2: -Before the start of the Civil War, the name “jayhawkers” applied to bands of robbers, associated with the Kansas Free-Stater cause, who rustled livestock and stole property on both sides of the state line.
Detailed explanation-3: -The name combines two birds–the blue jay, a noisy, quarrelsome thing known to rob other nests, and the sparrow hawk, a quiet, stealthy hunter. The message here: Don’t turn your back on this bird. During the 1850’s, the Kansas Territory was filled with such Jayhawks.
Detailed explanation-4: -Some did not want to see slavery expand into the territories. In Kansas, these people were called freestaters.
Detailed explanation-5: -noun. jay·hawk·er ˈjā-ˌhȯ-kər. capitalized : a native or resident of Kansas. used as a nickname. often capitalized : a member of a band of antislavery guerrillas in Kansas and Missouri before and during the American Civil War.