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Pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces fought for control of the territory because it had not yet been decided if Kansas would become a free or slave state.

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What were People in Kansas who favored slavery called?

slave stater


Are bloody Kansas and bleeding Kansas the same thing?

The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 resulted in armed conflict between pro-slavery people in Kansas and anti-slavery people there. The terms of Bleeding Kansas and Bloody Kansas in 1854 and the years prior to the US Civil War mean the same thing.


What was the role of John Brown in the violence that led to ''Bleeding Kansas''?

John Brown and his sons were abolitionists and within Kansas a miniature "civil war" broke out among pro-slavery people and anti-slavery people. John Brown, originally from the East, was a strong believer, that at any cost, slavery could not exist in Kansas. Despite what seems to be overwhelming "evidence" John Brown and his sons were never arrested or prosecuted for the murders he committed in Kansas.


What led newspapers to speak of bleeding Kansas'?

The Kansas - Nebraska Act was passed by both Houses in the Congress. This resulted in violence between pro slavery people and anti slavery abolitionists. Thus the term "Bleeding Kansas was used to describe the fighting there.


Who was the people that the compromise of 1850 allowed people to decide whether they wanted slavery?

The Compromise of 1850 did not allow any choice in the matter. It reflected the increasing difficulty of creating new slave-states. It was the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 that allowed the people of those two territories to vote on the slavery question. The only time it was tried (in Kansas), it led to terrible bloodshed, and was not tried again. The result was that Kansas rejected slavery.

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In the 1850s, the territory of Kansas became known as "Bleeding Kansas" after violence erupted between abolitionists and those who were pro-slavery. Why were people living in Kansas so divided on the issue of slavery?

Pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces fought for control of the territory because it had not yet been decided if Kansas would become a free or slave state.


How did the anti slavery forces hope to prevent slavery in Kansas?

by scrambling to get anti slavery people to kansas fist and starting a competition.


How did anti slavery forces hope to prevent slavery in Kansas?

by scrambling to get anti slavery people to Kansas fist and starting a competition.


How did the underground railroad people escape slavery?

They made 2 new territorys called the Kansas and Nebraska, the people living there can vote wether or weather not they want slavery. The power belongs to the people in those countrys.


What led to a violent struggle over slevery in Kansas?

Violence erupted in Kansas due to the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854. Pro-slavery people and anti-slavery people became savage with each other over the issue of slavery. The result of the severe violence is termed "Bleeding Kansas".


How did the location of kansas give pro slavery forces an advantage in the race to settle the territory?

it gave them the advantage because most people in Kansas were for slavery


What were People in Kansas who favored slavery called?

slave stater


What was the events in bleeding Kansas?

Prior to Kansas joining the Union, the Kansas Territory was a hotbed of violence and chaos between anti-slavery and pro-slavery settlers. Kansas was known as Bleeding Kansas as these forces collided over the issue of slavery in the United States. The term "Bleeding Kansas" was coined by Republican Horace Greeley, editor of the New York Tribune.


How did Franklin Pierce's position on slavery affect the situation in Kansas?

Franklin Pierce's position on slavery greatly influenced the situation in Kansas. He supported the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which allowed popular sovereignty in determining the slavery question. This led to violent conflicts between pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers in Kansas, known as "Bleeding Kansas." Pierce's stance effectively exacerbated tensions and further divided the nation over the issue of slavery.


How many people live in Augusta Kansas?

There are 100 people currently living in Augusta Kansas....... in 2008 there were less people living here in Augusta Kansas


How many people live in Augusta?

There are 100 people currently living in Augusta Kansas....... in 2008 there were less people living here in Augusta Kansas


Stephen Douglas proposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854. This act opened the area of Kansas and Nebraska to which of the following people?

pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups