B L E E D I N G K A N S A S (cont. of Kansas elections/ Kansas- Nebraska Act)
Tension comes to head
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WHAT: Resulting from the disagreement over Kansas' statehood. Bleeding Kansas is the term that describes the bloody fighting that resulted from whether or not slavery should be admitted in Kansas (& the Kansas-Nebraska Act/election in 1855)
WHEN: a few years following 1854
WHERE: Kansas
WHEN: a few years following 1854
WHERE: Kansas
P O T T A W A T O M I E M A S S A C R E
John Brown takes a stand
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WHAT: One of the reactions to the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the sacking of Lawrence Kansas by proslavery forces. The murder by free-state men of five proslavery settlers. One of the reactions Bleeding Kansas reactions.
WHEN: 1856
WHERE: Kansas
WHO: The main key figure of this concept was John Brown and a group of his antislavery followers. Brown would eventually be hung, identifying him as a martyr of the North, although he did murder Southerners. He was thought to be crazy. (see header on home pace)
WHEN: 1856
WHERE: Kansas
WHO: The main key figure of this concept was John Brown and a group of his antislavery followers. Brown would eventually be hung, identifying him as a martyr of the North, although he did murder Southerners. He was thought to be crazy. (see header on home pace)
Clarity of emphasis and discussion of place in history for both
WHY: This bloody massacre over slave expansion in the U.S. would foreshadow the bloody fighting that would ensue between the North and South in years to come
SIGNIFICANCE: The main idea of the Bleeding Kansas reactions was that it aided in the development of the Republican party and began the fighting between pro and anti slavery advocates
SIGNIFICANCE: The main idea of the Bleeding Kansas reactions was that it aided in the development of the Republican party and began the fighting between pro and anti slavery advocates