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It caused a mini cilvil war in Kansas from competing state governments. Free-soilers and proslavery settlers began to fight over land, towns, water, etc. and there was little Law and Order. As a result violence became a major problem, which caused Bleeding Kansas to occur and not be contained by federal or territorial authorities.

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