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How did Kansas elect a proslavery legislature even though most settlers were opposed to slavery?
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What effect did the Northwest Ordinance have on the settlers?
It had to do with slavery
Lincoln was opposed to slavery in the?
Territories
Were democrats or Republicans anti slavery?
The republican party was established by those who were opposed to slavery.
What-Presidential candidate completely opposed the spread of slavery to western territories?
Abraham Lincoln completely opposed the spread of slavery to western territories.
How popular sovereignty was related to slavery?
Settlers of some new territories were able to decide about slavery for themselves.
What was john brown's role in the violence that led to bleeding kansa?
He killed a group of proslavery settlers near Pottawatomie Creek
How did proslavery forces ensure that kansas would elect a proslavery legislature?
By sending armed rebels to intimidate voters. There were actually two legislatures. only one of them pro-slavery, causing further confusion.
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
Five proslavery settlers are killed?
At Pottawatomie Creek in 1856, John Brown and his anti-slavery forces killed five prop-slavery settlers in Kansas. This was in retaliation for the attack on Lawrence, Kansas, where the town was sacked and burned.
What person took part in the murder of pro-slavery settlers in Kansas?
John Brown came to the Kansas Territory to fight slavery. In May 1856 John Brown led a group that killed several proslavery settlers near Pottawatomie Creek.
Who was an abolitionist who killed five proslavery people in kansas?
John Brown came to the Kansas Territory to fight slavery. In May 1856 John Brown led a group that killed several proslavery settlers near Pottawatomie Creek.
What does proslavery mean?
Pro-slavery means that you favor slavery, & want it to stay.
What does antislavery mean?
AntislaveryAntislavery means against slavery.
What was john browns role in the violence that led bleeding Kansas?
he killed a group of proslavery settlers near pottawatomie creek
How did the kansas-nebraska act lead to growing hostility between pro-slavery and antislavery supports?
The Kansas Nebraska Act was an attempt by Stephen Douglass to develope the Nebraska territories so that he could run the transcontinental railroad through there. He proposed to break the territory up into Kansas and Nebraska and allow the issue of slavery to be settled by popular soveringty. The first issue with this is the fact that Kansas is north of the 36"30' line set by the Thomas Proviso and ther Missuri Compromis of 1820. Since the future of slavery in Kansas would be decide by popular vote and antislavery settlers out numbered proslavery settlers, each side tried to infulence the vote. Senator David Atchison of MS lead a group of people known as the Border ruffians into Kansas to illegally vote proslavery. The North also tried a similar stratagy but with limited success (New England Emigrant Aid company). The Porslavery legislature was voted into power and they drafted up the Lecompton constatution. The antislavery settlers, out raged by the illeagal voting setup an antislavery legislature in Lawrence. Soon the Proslavery intrest marched on Lawrence killing about 200 people and dissolving that legislature. This was the basiclly the first battle of the civil war.
How did the Kansas-Nebraska act lead to hostility between pro-slavery and antislavery supporters?
The Kansas Nebraska Act was an attempt by Stephen Douglass to develope the Nebraska territories so that he could run the transcontinental railroad through there. He proposed to break the territory up into Kansas and Nebraska and allow the issue of slavery to be settled by popular soveringty. The first issue with this is the fact that Kansas is north of the 36"30' line set by the Thomas Proviso and ther Missuri Compromis of 1820. Since the future of slavery in Kansas would be decide by popular vote and antislavery settlers out numbered proslavery settlers, each side tried to infulence the vote. Senator David Atchison of MS lead a group of people known as the Border ruffians into Kansas to illegally vote proslavery. The North also tried a similar stratagy but with limited success (New England Emigrant Aid company). The Porslavery legislature was voted into power and they drafted up the Lecompton constatution. The antislavery settlers, out raged by the illeagal voting setup an antislavery legislature in Lawrence. Soon the Proslavery intrest marched on Lawrence killing about 200 people and dissolving that legislature. This was the basiclly the first battle of the civil war.
Southern proslavery arguments did NOT include the belief that slavery was?
Southern proslavery arguments did not include the belief that slavery was mandated by the Constitution of the United States. Slavery had been a contentious issue between the North and South since the Constitutional Convention of 1787.
