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How did kansas-nebraska act determine whether a state would be a slave state or free?
It was put to a local vote.
Who were border ruffians?
The Border Ruffians were people who went to another state to vote for it to be a slave state. They were usually carrying rifles or some sort of gun. They caused lots of violence.
How would popular sovereignty be used to determine slave free status in the new territories?
By allowing the people of each new state to vote on whether it would be a slave-state or free soil. That sounded reasonable enough. But if only one state was voting at a time, that one state would attract every terrorist from both sides to try to influence the vote. That's what happened in Kansas - and the result was called 'Bleeding Kansas'.
Which state was not a slave state?
All the Northern states were free soil. Then there were four slave-states of the Upper South which did not vote Confederate. Lincoln kept them onside by allowing them practise slavery for the duration of the war. Those states were Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland and Delaware.
What did the kansas-nebraska act allow settlers of the territories regarding slavery?
Potentially, it would upset the balance. The two sides couldn't seem to agree about how to keep the balance. So Stephen Douglas said why not let the people of each new state vote on whether to be slave or free? This could have allowed more slave-states, so the Northern Abolitionists were very alarmed. But Kansas voted firmly against slavery.
How did kansas-nebraska act determine whether a state would be a slave state or free?
It was put to a local vote.
What was settled in the Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854?
The principle of letting the people of a new state vote on whether it was to be a slave-state or a free state.
Pro-slavery groups would sneak into Kansas to vote because?
...the slave/free status of the new state of Kansas was being put to a local vote.
Did the kansas-nebaska act deermine free versus slave states?
It put the issue to a local vote in each new state.
What was the idea that the people in the area of the Mexican cession shuold vote to decide wether their state would be slave or free?
states rights
What compromises did the delegates who wanted slavery agree to?
First, a single line of latitude, with slavery banned anywhere North of the line, but permitted South of it. Then the admission of California as free soil, in exchange for the creation of two smaller slave-states and the introduction of the Fugitive Slave Act. Finally, to allow the people of each new state to vote for or against slavery ('Popular Sovereignty')
Why did people from Missouri come to Kansas and vote in 1855?
To try to influence the local 'Popular Sovereignty' vote on whether Kansas would be a slave-state or free soil.Thats wrong the answer is They wanted to make sure Kansas became pro-slave. -$ane
What were the results of the Kansas Nebraska act?
A provision allowed for Nebraska to vote down the line on their status as Free or Slave.
Which method was provided by the Kansas-Nebraska Act in order to answer the question of being a slave state or free state?
It was a hopeful idea called Popular Sovereignty - allowing the people of each new state to vote on whether it should be a slave-state or free soil.Sounded reasonable enough.Trouble was, it allowed one state to vote at a time. This attracted all the terrorist gangs from both sides to invade that one state, to intimidate the voters and try to declare the ballot to be rigged.
Why do you think Bleeding Kansas produced intense controversy among many Americans?
It was to decide if Kansas was to be a free state or a slave state so people flooded into the in the territory to sway the vote. This vote was against the principle of the Missouri compromise.
What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act declare?
That the people of each new state should vote whether it should be a slave-state or free soil. The principle was called 'Popular Sovereignty'.
Explain how and why bleeding Kansas became a dress rehearsal for the Civil War?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act provided for each new state to vote whether to be slave or free. When Kansas became the first state to vote, every bully-boy in America descended on Kansas, to intmidate the voters, either one way or the other. It was called 'Bleeding Kansas'.
