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REFERENCES

 Prentis, History of Kansas, pp. 63-73.

 Spring, Kansas, pp. 2-16.

 Andreas, History of Kansas, pp. 81-82.

 Holloway, History of Kansas, chap. VI.

 Tuttle, History of Kansas.

 Larned, History for Ready Reference.

 Gihon, Geary and Kansas, chap. III.

 Historical Collections, vol. IX, p. 115; vol. VIII, p. 86.

 Foster, A History of the United States, pp. 325-329.

 Muzzey, American History, 379-412.

 Hodder, Genesis of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, in Proceedings of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1912, pp. 69-86.

QUESTIONS

1. Why is 1854 an important date in Kansas history?

2. What great national question affected Kansas at that time? Explain.

3. Explain the attitude of the North and the South toward slavery.

4. What was meant by the “balance of power”?

5. Give the provisions and the date of the Missouri Compromise. How did this Compromise affect Kansas?

6. What did the Kansas-Nebraska Bill provide? Give the attitude of the North and the South toward it.

7. How did this Bill affect the Missouri Compromise? What was the result in Kansas?