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. Kansas became a hotbed of violence and chaos as free state and slave state forces collided.
Bleeding Kansas
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Bleeding Kansas
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Bleeding Kansas
The Kansas-Nebraska Act also led to "Bleeding Kansas," a mini civil war that erupted in Kansas in 1856. Northerners and Southerners flooded Kansas in 1854 and 1855, determined to convert the future state to their view on slavery.
Bleeding Kansas
Bleeding Kansas
The term Bleeding Kansas was used to describe an internal struggle that presaged the US Civil War. The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 resulted in armed violence, involving pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces, in the border war referred to as Bleeding Kansas.
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In the period of time after the Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed by Congress, there was armed conflict between pro and anti slavery factions in the Kansas territory. Bleeding Kansas was the result of popular sovereignty. At the time the idea birthed by Senator Stephen Douglas seemed the American way to settle disputes. Few expected the violence that erupted in Kansas soon after the Act was passed.