Bleeding Kansas
Impact on the Civil War
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From 1854-1861 a series of violent acts occurred, later to be known as Bleeding Kansas. Leading to this was the Kansas-Nebraska act where whether Kansas was a free or a slave state was up to popular sovereignty. This caused a breakout between the two sides as both were attempting to violently enforce their side onto the settler's votes. Slave abolitionist, John Brown, led antislavery fighters in Kansas in hopes of influencing Kansas's ultimate decision.
But how is all of this significant to the start of the Civil War? Bleeding Kansas was a huge influence on the cause of the Civil War because it in itself was a mini war on it's own, a civil war within Kansas. The Civil War is a war about the North and the South and their opposing views of slavery in the US. Bleeding Kansas helped worsen the tensions the moment things became violent. At the end of it, one side will be left disappointed and angry while the other is happy with a new state on their side. When people get angry, things happen, and in this case, its an all out American War.
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