After all the accusations of vote-rigging, it eventually became clear that the people of Kansas wanted it to be free soil. The violence and intimidation was a sign that the slavery question could not be settled without combat.
Prevent acts of violence against former slaves.
The Fugitive Slave Act. It aroused enthusiasm for the Underground Railroad, the safe-house system by which runaways could be smuggled into Canada.
They liked it because it could have allowed new slave states.
It could have allowed the creation of new slave-states, if the locals voted for it.
After all the accusations of vote-rigging, it eventually became clear that the people of Kansas wanted it to be free soil. The violence and intimidation was a sign that the slavery question could not be settled without combat.
Prevent acts of violence against former slaves.
No
No
Nothing could have prevented the violence, as long as only one state was voting at a time. This was a magnet for terrorists. The only way would have been to organise a simultaneous vote in all the Western territories at once. dick
Nothing could have prevented the violence, as long as only one state was voting at a time. This was a magnet for terrorists. The only way would have been to organise a simultaneous vote in all the Western territories at once. dick
Prevent acts of violence against former slaves.
To help prevent violence, drugs and other crimes that could be committed in schools
It's a matter of opinion, but I think not. Unlike other states, residents of Kansas were fairly evenly divided on the issue of slavery and determined to fight it out.
I think it was because the first people to get there could choose whether or not the state allowed slaves. Therefore both sides wanted to quickly get there and claim it as their own.
The violence in Kansas and Missouri from 1854 to 1858 was the result of pro-slavery groups attacking anti-slavery goups in the hopes of pushing Kansas to become a slave holding state. This is often referred to as The Border War or Bleeding Kansas.
The Kansas - Nebraska Act was passed with the idea that the citizens could decide amongst themselves whether to vote for slavery or not. In Nebraska the non slavery group was fairly well established. Not the same thing however in Kansas. There bitter and Strong feelings on both sides of the issue resulted in violence between pro and anti slavery groups.