Kansas-Nebraska Act/Bleeding Kansas
The Kansas-Nebraska Act which is also known as the “bleeding Kansas” took place in 1854-1861. The Kansas- Nebraska act was introduced in 1854. The Kansas-Nebraska act repeals the Missouri compromise’s use of latitude as a boundary between free and slave states. The latitude dividing line is called the 3630. This act will allow people in the Kansas or Nebraska territory to decide if their territory will be slave state or a free state. The Kansas- Nebraska act is worse than the Missouri compromise because the act caused great chaos among pro- slavery and anti-slavery parties. When the pro-slavery people in the south heard of the Kansas Nebraska act, they rushed thousands of their supporters to those territory's so they can sway the vote for slave state. The vote did go in the direction the pro-slavery party wanted because Kansas was voted a slave state. “Most of the people that lived in Kansas wanted the territory to be free, and when they found out that the vote was swayed they were furious”(History.com). The …show more content…
One of the bigger skirmishes was the Pottawomie massacre. This “battle” took place at the Pottawomie creek. John brown was the leader of a small anti-slavery group of men. These men took swords and killed five pro-slavery men. Another “battle” was called the siege of Lawrence. This battle was in the newly built town of Lawrence. In this battle James Lane, who's with anti-slavery party, and Charles Robinson, who's with both pro and anti slavery party's, negotiated a truce with the governor. In this whole ordeal only one person was killed. Another little thing that happened was in 1858 Cole Mcrea killed pro-slavery supporter, Malcolm Clark over and argument they had about land in salt creek. Their was many more little incidents that accrued in 1854-1861 due to the Kansas-Nebraska
The Kansas-Nebraska Act which is also known as the “bleeding Kansas” took place in 1854-1861. The Kansas- Nebraska act was introduced in 1854. The Kansas-Nebraska act repeals the Missouri compromise’s use of latitude as a boundary between free and slave states. The latitude dividing line is called the 3630. This act will allow people in the Kansas or Nebraska territory to decide if their territory will be slave state or a free state. The Kansas- Nebraska act is worse than the Missouri compromise because the act caused great chaos among pro- slavery and anti-slavery parties. When the pro-slavery people in the south heard of the Kansas Nebraska act, they rushed thousands of their supporters to those territory's so they can sway the vote for slave state. The vote did go in the direction the pro-slavery party wanted because Kansas was voted a slave state. “Most of the people that lived in Kansas wanted the territory to be free, and when they found out that the vote was swayed they were furious”(History.com). The …show more content…
One of the bigger skirmishes was the Pottawomie massacre. This “battle” took place at the Pottawomie creek. John brown was the leader of a small anti-slavery group of men. These men took swords and killed five pro-slavery men. Another “battle” was called the siege of Lawrence. This battle was in the newly built town of Lawrence. In this battle James Lane, who's with anti-slavery party, and Charles Robinson, who's with both pro and anti slavery party's, negotiated a truce with the governor. In this whole ordeal only one person was killed. Another little thing that happened was in 1858 Cole Mcrea killed pro-slavery supporter, Malcolm Clark over and argument they had about land in salt creek. Their was many more little incidents that accrued in 1854-1861 due to the Kansas-Nebraska