John Brown
Abolitionist settlers, known as "jayhawkers'' moved from the East with express purpose of making Kansas a free state. A clash between the opposing sides was inevitable.
True. In the spring of 1855, an antislavery legislature was elected in Kansas, but the election was marred by significant controversy and allegations of voter fraud. Pro-slavery supporters from neighboring Missouri crossed the border to influence the election, resulting in a legislature that reflected their interests rather than a fair representation of Kansas settlers. This conflict was a key event in the lead-up to the violent struggles known as "Bleeding Kansas."
It earned the name Bleeding Kansas
Many of them were pro slavery which was in directly opposite to Mexico's antislavery policy.
Fighting between proslavery and antislavery activists in Kansas
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Kansas
Kansas had to governments because the antislavery settlers refused to accept the results of the vote and held a second election.
John Brown was an anti-slavery settler who led attacks on pro-slavery settlers to Kansas
the fighting between proslavery and antislavery groups in Kansasthe violent clashes between pro slavery and antislavery groups in the Kansas territory.
Abolitionist settlers, known as "jayhawkers'' moved from the East with express purpose of making Kansas a free state. A clash between the opposing sides was inevitable.
This Act set up Kansas and Nebraska as states. Each state would use popular sovereignty to decide what to do about slavery. People who were proslavery and antislavery moved to Kansas, but some antislavery settlers were against the Act. This began guerrilla warfare.
the fighting between proslavery and antislavery groups in Kansasthe violent clashes between pro slavery and antislavery groups in the Kansas territory.
proslavery and antislavery
Kansas
True. In the spring of 1855, an antislavery legislature was elected in Kansas, but the election was marred by significant controversy and allegations of voter fraud. Pro-slavery supporters from neighboring Missouri crossed the border to influence the election, resulting in a legislature that reflected their interests rather than a fair representation of Kansas settlers. This conflict was a key event in the lead-up to the violent struggles known as "Bleeding Kansas."
Fighting between proslavery and antislavery activists in Kansas