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1. How long was Kansas a territory? Into what periods may this time be divided?
2. Was Lecompton a proslavery or a free-state town? Of which faction was the second Legislature? How did the Legislature treat Governor Geary? Who succeeded him?
3. What was the result of the election for a third Territorial Legislature?
4. When and by whom was the Lecompton Constitution made? Why was it not submitted as a whole? What became of it?
5. Give an account of the Leavenworth Constitution.
6. Within about what area did all these events occur? Show this on a map of Kansas.
7. Give an account of the troubles in southeastern Kansas. Who were the Jayhawkers?
8. Give an account of the Marais des Cygnes massacre.
9. What were the conditions in Kansas by the opening of 1859?
10. What was the last constitution made in Kansas? When and by whom was it made?
11. When was Kansas admitted to the Union?
The cabin homes of Kansas! How modestly they stood, Along the sunny hillsides, Or nestled in the wood. They sheltered men and women, Brave-hearted pioneers; Each one became a landmark Of Freedom’s trial years.
The sod-built homes of Kansas! Though built of mother earth, Within their walls so humble Are souls of sterling worth. Though poverty and struggle May be the builder’s lot, The sod house is a castle, Where failure enters not.
The dugout homes of Kansas! The lowliest of all, They hold the homestead title As firm as marble hall. Those dwellers in the cavern, Beneath the storms and snows, Shall make the desert places To blossom as the rose.
The splendid homes of Kansas! How proudly now they stand Amid the fields and orchards, All o’er the smiling land. They rose up where the cabins Once marked the virgin soil, And are the fitting emblems Of patient years of toil.
God bless the homes of Kansas! From poorest to the best; The cabin of the border, The sod house of the west; The dugout, low and lonely, The mansion, grand and great; The hands that laid their hearthstones Have built a mighty State. ――SOL MILLER.