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.
the fighting between proslavery and antislavery groups in Kansasthe violent clashes between pro slavery and antislavery groups in the Kansas territory.
the fighting between proslavery and antislavery groups in Kansasthe violent clashes between pro slavery and antislavery groups in the Kansas territory.
"Bleeding Kansas"
choice 1. proslavery and antislavery groups
Kansas was voting to come into the union as free or slave state. Both groups people for and against slavery flooded the territory to influence the vote. One of the men who came was John Brown with his sons into Lawrence. They murdered several proslavery people and the newspapers ran a headline calling Kansas BLOODY KANSAS.
john brown executed five proslavery settlers 20 miles south of lawrence
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.
he killed a group of proslavery settlers near pottawatomie creek
At best - to buy cheap properties that would entitle them to vote on whether Kansas should be slave or free. At worst - to intimidate voters and try to declare the ballots to be rigged.
It was a struggle between the ANTISLAVERY and the PROSLAVERY
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