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Which term refers to pro-slavery activist who crossed the Kansas border to vote?
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What term names proslavery supporters from Missouri who traveled in armed groups crossed into Kansas to vote in the 1855 election?
border ruffians
What term names proslavery supporters from Missouri who traveled in armed groups and crossed into Kansas to vote in the 1855 election?
border ruffians
Which term refers to proslavery activists who crossed the kansas border to vote?
"Border Ruffians" were residents from nearby Missouri who entered the Territory of Kansas and utilized voter fraud to sway the vote in the 1854 elections in favor of pro-slavery candidates.
Proslavery group battled antislavery people in kansas?
Border Ruffians
Proslavery elements in Kansas manipulated the statutes of the Kansas-Nebraska Act by?
Pro-slavery elements in Kansas manipulated the statues of the Kansas-Nebraska act by encouraging and arming pro-slavery residents from Missouri. These Missouri residents crossed into Kansas specifically for voting in these ballots. They were known as border ruffians.
What was the position of proslavery southerners on kansas in 1855?
After the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854 allowing the future state to choose whether to be a slave or state, many proslavery settlers came into the Kansas territory. Many of these settlers rushed over the border with Missouri, already a slave state, to influence the decision in Kansas.
Who crossed the Kansas border to vote illegally in elections?
Citizens of the state of Missouri.
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
Where were the border ruffians from?
The Border Ruffians were pro-slavery activists who primarily came from the slave state of Missouri. They crossed the border into Kansas during the Bleeding Kansas period to influence the outcome of elections and support the expansion of slavery into the territory.
who were the border fuffians?
Border Ruffians was the derogatory name for proslavery raiders from the slave state of Missouri
Kansas-Nebraska Act and Bleeding Kansas?
choice 1. proslavery and antislavery groups
How did anitlsavery groups respond to the attack on Lawrence kansas by border ruffians?
john brown executed five proslavery settlers 20 miles south of lawrence
