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'''Bleeding Kansas''' is the name given to a small scale civil war that took place in [[Kansas]] territory 1855-57 over the issue of [[slavery]]. It followed the [[Kansas-Nebraska Act]], which introduced the idea of [[popular sovereignty]]. The voters got to decide on whether Kansas would have slavery, so pro and anti-slavery forces in other states subsidized armed immigrants, who fought it out. Major violence took place when pro-southern elements from Missouri burned [[Lawrence]] in retaliation by the killings of pro-slavery men by [[John Brown]].  President [[James Buchanan]] intervened on the pro-slavery side, but that broke apart the [[Democratic Party]], as [[Stephen Douglas]] was outraged by Buchanan's violation of democracy.

'''Bleeding Kansas''' is the name given to a small scale civil war that took place in [[Kansas]] territory 1855–57 over the issue of [[slavery]]. It followed the [[Kansas-Nebraska Act]], let voters got to decide on whether Kansas would have slavery, so pro and anti-slavery forces in other states subsidized armed immigrants, who fought it out. Major violence took place when pro-southern elements from Missouri burned [[Lawrence]] in retaliation by the killings of pro-slavery men by [[John Brown]].  President [[James Buchanan]] intervened on the pro-slavery side, but that broke apart the [[Democratic Party]], as [[Stephen Douglas]] was outraged by Buchanan's violation of democracy.

[[Image:Bleed-kansas.jpg|thumb|280px]]

[[Image:Bleed-kansas.jpg|thumb|280px]]

see also [[Kansas-Nebraska Act]]

 

==Further reading==  

== See also ==

* Etcheson, Nicole. ''Bleeding Kansas: Contested Liberty in the Civil War Era'' (2006) [http://www.amazon.com/Bleeding-Kansas-Contested-Liberty-Civil/dp/0700614923/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1222265257&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search]

 

*[[Popular sovereignty]]

 

==Further reading==

* Etcheson, Nicole. ''Bleeding Kansas: Contested Liberty in the Civil War Era'' (2006) [https://www.amazon.com/Bleeding-Kansas-Contested-Liberty-Civil/dp/0700614923/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1222265257&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search]

* Nevins, Allan. ''Ordeal of the Union''. vol 2 (1947), the most detailed history.

* Nevins, Allan. ''Ordeal of the Union''. vol 2 (1947), the most detailed history.

*[[David Potter|Potter, David M.]] ''The Impending Crisis, 1848-1861'' (1976), Pulitzer prize winning scholarly history. [http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0061319295/ref=sib_dp_pop_idx?ie=UTF8&p=S0IA#reader-link excerpt and text search]

*[[David Potter|Potter, David M.]] ''The Impending Crisis, 1848-1861'' (1976), Pulitzer prize winning scholarly history. [https://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0061319295/ref=sib_dp_pop_idx?ie=UTF8&p=S0IA#reader-link excerpt and text search]

*[http://www.kshs.org/publicat/history/2001winter_sengupta.pdf SenGupta, Gunja. “Bleeding Kansas: A Review Essay.” ''Kansas History ''24 (Winter 2001/2002): 318-341.]

*[http://www.kshs.org/publicat/history/2001winter_sengupta.pdf SenGupta, Gunja. “Bleeding Kansas: A Review Essay.” ''Kansas History ''24 (Winter 2001/2002): 318-341.]

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