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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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 the upheaval to come during the Civil War.
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