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Did pro-slavery and anti- slavery groups open the area of Kansas and Nebraska?
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What does the term Bleeding Kansas describe?
the fighting between proslavery and antislavery groups in Kansasthe violent clashes between pro slavery and antislavery groups in the Kansas territory.
Kansas-Nebraska Act and Bleeding Kansas?
choice 1. proslavery and antislavery groups
What does the bleeding Kansas describe?
the fighting between proslavery and antislavery groups in Kansasthe violent clashes between pro slavery and antislavery groups in the Kansas territory.
What two groups that the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act led to an immediate struggle between?
It was a struggle between the ANTISLAVERY and the PROSLAVERY
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
What battle did they struggle between proslavery and antislavery groups?
"Bleeding Kansas"
Why did proslavery forces attacks Lawrence?
Kansas was voting to come into the union as free or slave state. Both groups people for and against slavery flooded the territory to influence the vote. One of the men who came was John Brown with his sons into Lawrence. They murdered several proslavery people and the newspapers ran a headline calling Kansas BLOODY KANSAS.
How did anti-slavery groups respond to the attack on Lawrence Kansas by border ruffians?
john brown executed five proslavery settlers 20 miles south of lawrence
What did antislavery and proslavery groups encourage people to move to Kansas?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 called for "popular sovereignty." The decision about slavery was to be made by the settlers in Kansas rather than by outsiders. The decision as to whether Kansas would become a free state or a slave state would be decided by the votes of people in Kansas. Whichever side had more votes counted by officials would decide if Kansas would become a free state or a slave state.
How did the Kansas- Nebraska act lead to violence in Kansas?
The Kansas - Nebraska Act was passed with the idea that the citizens could decide amongst themselves whether to vote for slavery or not. In Nebraska the non slavery group was fairly well established. Not the same thing however in Kansas. There bitter and Strong feelings on both sides of the issue resulted in violence between pro and anti slavery groups.
What caused the fighting in kansa after the Kansas-nebraska at was passed?
The passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854 led to conflicts in Kansas as it allowed for the possibility of slavery in the territory, which was previously prohibited by the Missouri Compromise. Pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers rushed to establish dominance in Kansas, resulting in violent clashes between the two groups, known as "Bleeding Kansas." The fighting was fueled by deep-seated tensions over the expansion of slavery in the United States.
What was john browns role in the violence that led bleeding Kansas?
he killed a group of proslavery settlers near pottawatomie creek
