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.
i think its because kansas was still a free territory, and both groups wanted the kansas to be one of their supported state/land.
the fighting between proslavery and antislavery groups in Kansasthe violent clashes between pro slavery and antislavery groups in the Kansas territory.
the fighting between proslavery and antislavery groups in Kansasthe violent clashes between pro slavery and antislavery groups in the Kansas territory.
Bleeding Kansas
choice 1. proslavery and antislavery groups
"Bleeding Kansas"
Due to the Kansas-Nebraska Act, the decision to admit Kansas as a free state or a slave state was given to the settlers of Kansas. So antislavery and pro-slavery groups encouraged migration in order to sway the vote in their respective favor.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.
Abolitionist settlers, known as "jayhawkers'' moved from the East with express purpose of making Kansas a free state. A clash between the opposing sides was inevitable.
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.
At best - to buy cheap properties that would entitle them to vote on whether Kansas should be slave or free. At worst - to intimidate voters and try to declare the ballots to be rigged.
"Bleeding Kansas" was the nickname given to the territory where violence erupted between pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups in the years leading up to the Civil War. The conflict was a result of debates over whether Kansas would enter the Union as a free or slave state.
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.
It was a struggle between the ANTISLAVERY and the PROSLAVERY