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The Kansas Territory became pro-slavery.
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Yes, Kansas was a territory before it gained statehood.
The State of Kansas was created from the Kansas-Nebraska Territory. In case the name didn't tip you off, the State of Nebraska was also created from the same territory.
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"Border Ruffians" from Missouri invaded Kansas and force election of a pro-slavery legislature.
"Border Ruffians" from Missouri invaded Kansas and force election of a pro-slavery legislature.
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Senator Stephen A. Douglas believed that the voters in the Kansas Territory would elect to make Kansas enter the Union as a free state. One reason was that he believed Kansas' climate and the culture of its settlers were negatives on any pro-slavery outcome.
Congress did not have the power to make rules about slavery in the kansas territory.
Kansas cast its 5 electoral votes for Rutherford Hayes in the 1876 election. The 1876 presidential election popular vote totals in Kansas were Samuel Tilden 37,902 and Rutherford Hayes 78,324.
In the first election in Kansas, a large number of people from Missouri rode across the state line and cast votes in Kansas. People not eligible to vote, voted in the election.