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Bloody Kansas

Bloody Kansas . Lauren Dalsanto. What was it?.

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Bloody Kansas

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  1. Bloody Kansas Lauren Dalsanto

  2. What was it? Bleeding Kansas refers to the time between 1854-58 when the Kansas territory was the site of much violence over whether the territory would be free or slave. The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 set the scene by allowing the territory of Kansas to decide for itself whether it would be free or slave, a situation known as popular sovereignty. With the passage of the act, thousands of pro- and anti-slavery supporters flooded the state. Violent clashes soon occurred, especially once "border ruffians" crossed over from the South to sway the vote to the pro-slavery side. To conclude this, it was pretty much a series of violent events.

  3. EVENTS One of the most publicized events that occurred in Bleeding Kansas was when on May 21, 1856 Border Ruffians searched Lawrence, Kansas which was known to be a loyal free-state area. One day later, violence occurred on the floor of the U.S. Senate when Congressman Preston Brooks of South Carolina attacked Senator Charles Sumner with a cane after he spoke out against Southerners responsible for violence in Kansas.

  4. WHAT BECAME OF IT Several constitutions for the future state of Kansas were created, some pro- and some anti-slavery. The Lecompton Constitution was the most important pro-slavery Constitution. The president actually wanted everyone to agree on it. However, the Constitution died. Kansas eventually entered the Union in 1861 as a free state.

  5. Effect on the civil war The unfortunate events that happened during this period of time were mostly between the north and south, little occurrences of violence broke out only to make people more angry at the opposite side. I believe that all of these outbreaks just egged everyone on to start the war.

  6. BIBLIOGRAPHY ""Bloody Kansas" [ushistory.org]." ushistory.org. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Apr. 2011. <http://www.ushistory.org/us/31.asp>. "Bleeding Kansas." PBS: Public Broadcasting Service. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Apr. 2011. <http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2952.html>. "Bloody Kansas." Read Books Online Free - Romance Novels Online. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Apr. 2011. <http://www.publicbookshelf.com/public_html/The_Great_Republic_By_the_Master_Historians_Vol_III/bloodykan_da.html>.

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