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Explain how and why bleeding Kansas became a dress rehearsal for the Civil War?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act provided for each new state to vote whether to be slave or free. When Kansas became the first state to vote, every bully-boy in America descended on Kansas, to intmidate the voters, either one way or the other. It was called 'Bleeding Kansas'.
What was the result of the nebraska-Kansas act?
This Act was meant to allow the citizens of each new state to vote on whether it would be a slave-state or free soil. With only one state voting at a time, every terrorist from both sides would descend on that one state, to intimidate voters. The result was 'Bleeding Kansas'.
Did Iowa entered the Union as a slave state?
Texas did enter the Union as a slave state. This is why it took so long between the time the Union told Texas they could become a state and the time Texas actually became a state. The debate went on about this in Congress for four years.
What does bleeding kansas refer to?
Bleeding Kansas refers to a period of time when the border area of Kansas and Missouri were in chaos. Missouri was a slave state and Kansas was a free state. Many Kansans did their best to free as many slaves as possible. Among them was John Brown.
How many free states existed in 1850?
18 states were free states, 15 states were slave states 33 states overall
