a mini civil war broke out in what state over slavery?
John Brown and his sons were abolitionists and within Kansas a miniature "civil war" broke out among pro-slavery people and anti-slavery people. John Brown, originally from the East, was a strong believer, that at any cost, slavery could not exist in Kansas. Despite what seems to be overwhelming "evidence" John Brown and his sons were never arrested or prosecuted for the murders he committed in Kansas.
The South broke off from the rest of the United States, because they wanted to keep slavery legalised. The North went at war with them to get them back into the United States and stop slavery.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was created in 1854. It created territories of Kansas and Nebraska, opened new land for settlement and allowed white male settlers in those territories to determine whether slavery would be allowed.
It was the 'irrepressible conflict' over slavery, after the failure of a number of compromises, when the South finally broke away from the USA and Congress fought to restore the Union.
I believe that was in Nebraska and Kansas. The conflicts happening in Kansas were also known as "Bleeding Kansas"
a mini civil war broke out in what state over slavery?
After the unfair vote for slavery in Kansas, violent confrontations escalated between pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions, leading to the term "Bleeding Kansas." This period of violence ultimately contributed to tensions building up to the American Civil War.
John Brown and his sons were abolitionists and within Kansas a miniature "civil war" broke out among pro-slavery people and anti-slavery people. John Brown, originally from the East, was a strong believer, that at any cost, slavery could not exist in Kansas. Despite what seems to be overwhelming "evidence" John Brown and his sons were never arrested or prosecuted for the murders he committed in Kansas.
The earliest violence broke out in Kansas (known as "bleeding Kansas") between settlers there who supported abolition, and settlers from neighboring Missouri who ran raiding parties, as supporters of slavery. Kansas had been given the option to choose for itself whether it wanted to be a Free State or a Slave State. This violence broke out well before the Civil War, as early as the 1850s, and continued sporadically straight through the end of the War.
It was called Bloody Kansas.
Violence broke out in Kansas in 1851 due to the ongoing conflict between pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers vying for control of the region. The struggle to determine the state's stance on slavery escalated tensions and led to acts of violence and aggression between the two groups.
Prior to Kansas joining the Union, the Kansas Territory was a hotbed of violence and chaos between anti-slavery and pro-slavery settlers. Kansas was known as Bleeding Kansas as these forces collided over the issue of slavery in the United States. The term "Bleeding Kansas" was coined by Republican Horace Greeley, editor of the New York Tribune.
Answer: Because Kansas and Nebraska (which were both territories not states at the time) had to vote on whether they would allow slavery in their territory or not. So, supporters of slavery and those against slavery rushed to these places so they could participate in the vote. Some violence also broke out, which led the term "Bleeding Kansas".
Kansas was a major area for fighting both before and during the Civil War. This was due to a Federal law passed known as the Kansas/Nebraska Act. This law was passed as part of a series of laws meant to compromise with the south over the slavery issue. The south wanted new states to become slave states, while the north did not. The Kansas/Nebraska Act recognized these two territories as new states, with the stipulation that the people of these states would choose for themselves whether the state would have slavery. This opened the door for both southern pro-slavery groups and northern abolitionist groups to flood into these states in order to try and influence the people there to take up their respective causes. Eventually fighting broke out between the two groups. The state became known as "bleeding Kansas" because of this. Once the Civil War broke out both sides wanted to have control over this area. The north wanted it so that they could try to cut the Confederacy in half, and the south wated it so that they could use it as a launching point for invasions into the north. just because
The South broke off from the rest of the United States, because they wanted to keep slavery legalised. The North went at war with them to get them back into the United States and stop slavery.
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. Kansas became a hotbed of violence and chaos as free state and slave state forces collided.