3. What conditions came with the spring? 4. Give an account of the sacking of Lawrence. 5. Who was John Brown? Why did he come to Kansas? What was the Pottawatomie massacre? What do you know of John Brown other than what is given in this book? 6. Give an account of the battle of Black Jack, the gathering of armies, and the pillaging of Osawatomie. 7. What free-state assistance was given by the North? 8. What measure did this lead Missouri to take? 9. What was the “Army of the North”? 10. What was “the 2700”? Who permitted this force to enter Kansas? 11. Give an account of the second attack on Osawatomie. 12. Name the Territorial Governors up to this time. 13. Who was the new Governor? How did he describe the conditions that he found in Kansas? 14. How was Lawrence threatened? What became of the army? 15. When did the period of violence close? 16. What condition followed? 17. How long was this after the organization of the Territory? CHAPTER XI THE PERIOD OF POLITICAL CONTESTS =Beginning of the Political Period, 1857.= The Missourians had given up hope of conquering Kansas by force. After the close of the period of violence the contest became almost entirely a political struggle between the proslavery and the free-state settlers, each side trying to win Kansas by securing control of its government. The next few years were filled with conventions, elections, and political schemes. =Governor Geary Leaves the Territory.= The second Territorial Legislature met at Lecompton in the opening days of 1857. Because of Governor Geary’s efforts to be just to both sides, the Legislature did everything possible to annoy and harass him. The free-state men rallied to his support, but conditions soon became so intolerable that one night in March, after having been in office about six months, he made a hasty escape from Kansas. Governor Geary had found Kansas in a deplorable condition and left it not greatly improved, but he had attempted to do justice to all. His place was taken by Governor Walker, who arrived in May. =A Proslavery Constitution Prepared, 1857.= Up to this time the only attempt to get Kansas admitted as a state was the effort of the free-state men under the Topeka Constitution, but the proslavery people had long been planning to draw up a constitution under which they might secure the admission of Kansas as a slave state. The Territorial Legislature provided for a constitutional convention, which met at Lecompton in September, 1857, and prepared what was called the Lecompton Constitution.