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| − | '''Bleeding Kansas''' is the name given to a "civil war" that took place in [[Kansas]] in the early 1850s over the issue of [[slavery]]. It led to the [[Kansas-Nebraska Act]], which introduced the idea of [[popular soveriegnty]]. This did not immediately lead to peace, but beget further violence such as raids in Lawrence and by [[John Brown]]. | + | '''Bleeding Kansas''' is the name given to a "civil war" that took place in [[Kansas]] in the early 1850s over the issue of [[slavery]]. It led to the [[Kansas-Nebraska Act]], which introduced the idea of [[popular soveriegnty]]. This did not immediately lead to peace, but beget further violence such as raids in [[Lawrence, Kansas|Lawrence]] and by [[John Brown]]. |
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Bleeding Kansas is the name given to a "civil war" that took place in Kansas in the early 1850s over the issue of slavery. It led to the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which introduced the idea of popular soveriegnty. This did not immediately lead to peace, but beget further violence such as raids in Lawrence and by John Brown.