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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 sovereignty]]. 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 sovereignty]]. This did not immediately lead to peace, but beget further violence such as raids in [[Lawrence]] and by [[John Brown]].  The violence was the result of liberal southern democrats pouring in from [[Missouri]].

   

   

[[Category: Kansas]]

[[Category: Kansas]]

[[Category: Slavery]]

[[Category: Slavery]]