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The Kansas-Nebraska Act and Bleeding Kansas in American History

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The Kansas-Nebraska ACT and Bleeding Kansas in American History - McArthur, Debra
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Readers join Debra McArthur as she examines the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, which created the Kansas Territory. Whether the territory would become a slave state or Free State was up to its citizens, so abolitionist Northerners and proslavery Southerners began sending money, arms, settlers, and militia to Kansas to support their views. This sparked a conflict which would be called "Bleeding Kansas" because of the violence that left many dead as the two sides sparred for control. The struggle in Kansas was foreshadowing of ...

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The Kansas-Nebraska ACT and Bleeding Kansas in American History 2003, Enslow Publishing, New York

ISBN-13: 9780766019881

Hardcover