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Bleeding Kansas

Bleeding Kansas. 1854-1856. Bleeding Kansas is the name of the series of battles between antislavery and proslavery forces in the Kansas territory between 1854 and 1856. http://obit-mag.com/articles/the-unquiet-repose-of-john-brown-. Senator Stephen Douglas.

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Bleeding Kansas

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  1. Bleeding Kansas 1854-1856

  2. Bleeding Kansas is the name of the series of battles between antislavery and proslavery forces in the Kansas territory between 1854 and 1856 http://obit-mag.com/articles/the-unquiet-repose-of-john-brown-

  3. Senator Stephen Douglas • In 1856, Senator Stephen Douglas helped repeal the Missouri Compromise for a number of reasons: • Douglas wanted to build a railroad from Chicago, his hometown, to San Francisco. In order to get this,He needed to compromise with Southerners. • He also wanted to organize the territory west of Iowa and Missouri in a way that would incorporate the idea of Popular Sovereignty, the right of citizens of any given territory to vote on slavery for themselves. In order to maintain the balance of the senate, he wanted to divide the territory into two states. http://www.sonofthesouth.net/slavery/pictures/stephen-a-douglas-325.jpg

  4. The Kansas-Nebraska Act On January 1854, Stephen Douglas introduced a bill that would divide the area into two territories, Kansas in the south and Nebraska in the north and establish popular sovereignty for both territories. With the help of President Franklin Pierce, Douglas was able to pass the act in May of 1854. http://www.ushistory.org/us/images/00035325.jpg

  5. The First and Last Interesting Thing to Happen in Kansas By 1855, tensions between the proslavery and antislavery factions of Kansas resulted in a series of violent events. • The Sack of Lawrence- A proslavery grand jury declared the inhabitants of the antislavery settlement of Lawrence to be traitors and ordered the local sheriff to arrest them. On May 21, 1856 a group of 800 armed men burned the vast majority of Lawrence to the ground. • The Pottawatomie Massacre- John Brown, a leader of the abolitionist movement, believed that five men were killed in Lawrence. On May 24, 1856,he and his followers killed five men in the proslavery settlement of Pottawatomie Creek. • http://www.ushistory.org/us/31c.asp

  6. Senator Charles Sumner On May 19, 1856, Senator Charles Sumner delivered a speech in which he verbally attacked anyone with proslavery beliefs, especially Senator Andrew P. Butler of South Carolina. Three days later Congressman Preston S. Brooks, nephew of Senator Butler, walked into the senate chamber and beat Senator Sumner with a heavy cane. http://www.brendan-nyhan.com/blog/2009/09/index.html

  7. For more information…. Go to www.u-s-history.com

  8. Citations • Kelly , M. (n.d.). Bleeding kansas. Retrieved from http://americanhistory.about.com/od/beforethewar/g/bleedingkansas.htm • John brown's legacy, 150 years later [Radio series episode]. (December ). In (Executive producer), Whyy radio. • Danzer, G., & Wilson, L. (2003). The Americans. Mcdougal Littel. • A divided nation. (n.d.). [chapter 7]. (U.S. History Textbook), Retrieved from http://www.learnnc.org/lp/editions/nchist-antebellum/5330

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