Monday, March 11, 2013

What was the Kansas crisis?

I assume that you are talking about the crisis in Kansas
during the time just before the Civil War.  This is a time or incident that is often
referred to using the term "Bleeding Kansas."


Because of
the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, Kansas was going to get to vote on whether it wanted to
be a free territory or a slave territory.  What this led to was partisans of both sides
trying to make sure they had a majority in the territory before the vote happened.  This
often led to acts of violence against the other side -- there were infamous massacres
committed by people on both sides.


So, this was a crisis in
which violence and other means were used to try to get a majority in Kansas for either
the pro-slavery or the anti-slavery side.

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