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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 candidate.

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Border ruffians who disrupted Kansas before its statehood were from?

Western Missouri


Proslavery group battled antislavery people in kansas?

Border Ruffians


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.


Why did people like the border ruffians move to Kansas?

"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.


What happen in Kansas in the election of 1855?

"Border Ruffians" from Missouri invaded Kansas and force election of a pro-slavery legislature.


What happen in the Kansas in the election of 1855?

"Border Ruffians" from Missouri invaded Kansas and force election of a pro-slavery legislature.


What happened in kansas in the elections of 1855?

"Border Ruffians" from Missouri invaded Kansas and force election of a pro-slavery legislature.


How did the border Ruffians contribute to the ''Bleeding Kansas's'' problem?

"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 candidate. In May 1858 the Border Ruffians from Missouri killed five unarmed men who were against Kansas becoming a slave state. The killings became known as the Marais des Cygnes massacre.


What was the name of the armed pro-slavery groups of missourians who went to kansas to vote?

Border Ruffians


What was in effect of the events in “bleeding Kansas?

Tensions and violence over slavery spread outside Kansas


What is a sentence with the words border ruffians?

These border ruffians seem to never get the message.


How did the ruffians contribute to the bleeding Kansas problem?

"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 candidate. In May 1858 the Border Ruffians from Missouri killed five unarmed men who were against Kansas becoming a slave state. The killings became known as the Marais des Cygnes massacre.