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"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.

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Who were border ruffians?

The Border Ruffians were people who went to another state to vote for it to be a slave state. They were usually carrying rifles or some sort of gun. They caused lots of violence.


What pro-slavery groups went to Kansas to to keep slavery legal?

Groups like the Border Ruffians, supported by pro-slavery factions from Missouri, went to Kansas to influence the vote and ensure that slavery remained legal in the territory. They engaged in violent conflicts with anti-slavery settlers, leading to the period known as "Bleeding Kansas."


What famous abolitionist participated in the events in Bleeding Kansas?

Abolitionists like John Brown, pro slavery groups, rabble, Jayhawks, border ruffians and a wide variety of thieves, murderers and lesser criminals taking advantage of the unrest.


How do you explain what happened in Bleeding Kansas?

The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 allowed for popular sovereignty to decide whether those two states would join the union as slave ofrfree states. Essentially this meant that the people in those territories were allowed to choose whether the state would be free or not once the territory had a population of ten thousand and voted to petition the government for statehood.Bleeding Kansas was a result of this, as the fight for control over the future of the state escalated between pro-slavery forces crossing over from Missouri to stuff the ballots, and anti-slavery forces opposed to them. Violence erupted all over Kansas between border ruffians (pro-slavery) and Jayhawkers (anti-slavery) as they received weapons from their supporters. This led to incidents such as the city of Lawrence, Kansas (the stronghold of the anti-slavery people) being burned down and the Pottawotamie Creek massacre when John Brown and his sons killed five people with broadswords.Bloody Kansas is term which refers the general tension and violence which started in 1854 and continued for about ten more years.Answer 1Lincoln tried to force Kansas to fight against the south. Instead, Kansas seceded from the Union and fought for the south.Answer 2Answer 1 is completely incorrect. After the passage of the Kansas Nebraska Act of 1854, the actual inhabitants of Kansas were allowed to vote on whether the territory would become a slave or free state. Opposition between the two parties who wished for different outcomes led to outbreaks of violence. Border ruffians, the Missourians who crossed the border to stuff ballot boxes fought against abolitionists and member of the Free Soil Movement. Since both sides were heavily armed, this led to events like the city of Lawrence, Kansas being burned down and the Pottawotamie Creek massacre where John Brown and his sons murdered five people with broadswords. The violence continued for ten years after the law passed even though Kansas eventually entered the union as a free state.The name "Bleeding Kansas" comes from the massive amounts of bloodshed and violence which marked this period in Kansas.


In Robinson Crusoe Why do the ruffians remain on the island?

The ruffians remain on the island because they are shipwrecked just like Crusoe and in the absence of civilization they become as much a part of the island as he is. They are dependent on the island for survival and do not have the means to leave.


What are people in kansas like?

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It is a normal day for a border patrol agent. You get people crossing the border check papers, people smuggling things like drugs and this happens everyday


What kind of food do Kansas people eat?

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Is Professor Pester a human?

he was a human but when he became a bad guy he transformed. kinda like the ruffians, sour and destardos (aka stardos)


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How is the border between the US and Canada like a backyard fence?

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