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What happened when Kansas prepared to vote on whether or not to allow slavery?
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How did Kansas elect a proslavery legislature even though most settlers were opposed to slavery?
This happened because proslavery Missourians crossed over into Kansas to vote illegally
Which was an example of popular sovereignty the principle in the mid 1800s that allowed residents of each territory to decide whether they wanted to legalize slavery in their area?
Kansas - Nebraska act
What was an example of popular sovereignty principle in the mid-1800s that allowed residents of each territory to decide whether they wanted to legalize slavery in their area?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854
How did the Democratic Party feel about the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
they did not allow slavery
How did the south feel about the Kansas-Nebraska act?
Hopeful that the people of Kansas and Nebraska might vote for slavery in those states.
What did the kansas-nebraska act allow the settlers of territories regarding slavery?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed settlers in those territories to decide whether or not to permit slavery through popular sovereignty, overturning the Missouri Compromise's restriction on slavery in certain territories. This led to violent conflicts between pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers in Kansas, known as "Bleeding Kansas."
What state fought about whether to have slavery or be free before the Civil War?
Kansas
The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide the issue of slavery by popular sovereignty. The people who lived in these territories would be able to vote on whether?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide the issue of slavery by popular sovereignty. The people who lived in these territories would be able to vote on whether slavery would be allowed there. What effect did this have on Kansas?
How did antislavery northerners hope to prevent slavery in Kansas?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act of the U.S. Congress said voters in these territories to choose whether they would allow slavery or not. Thousands of antislavery northerners went into Kansas and voted to forbid slavery, then returned home.
What happened in kansas in the elections of 1855?
"Border Ruffians" from Missouri invaded Kansas and force election of a pro-slavery legislature.
What led to the question whether slavery should expand to the territories?
the admission of kansas into the union
What issue started the violence in Kansas territory?
the vote over whether to allow slavery
What did the kansas-nebraska act say about expansion and slavery?
The decision of whether to allow slavery or not in each state was left for the residents to decide.
What is the bloody Kansas?
Kansas was called "bloody Kansas" during the Civil war and before it, when there were riots about slavery there.Many of these riots happened after John Brown's riot.
What act allowed settlers in the territories to decide whether to allow slavery?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
Why was Kansas called Bleeding Kansas in 1855?
Prior to the Civil War, several bloody clashes occurred between pro-slave and pro-free citizens while they were deciding their own status: whether to allow slavery or not, when they became a state.
What law gave people in Kansas and Nebraska the choice of whether or not to allow slavery in their states?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 allowed the residents of Kansas and Nebraska to decide through popular sovereignty whether to allow slavery within their borders. This overturned the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and resulted in significant conflict and violence in the region as both pro- and anti-slavery settlers sought to influence the outcome.
