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(the Civial War)
Some well-known people who were born or raised in Kansas: John Brown, Dwight D Eisenhower, Amelia Earhart, Bob Dole, Carry Nation, Clyde Cessna, and Alf Landon.
Senator Stephen Douglas of Illinois wanted to encourage people to live in the west territories that were created by the Kansas-Nebraska act. In these territories popular sovereignty was used to determine the issue of slavery. Settlers that came to the new territories would be allowed to vote if slavery would be allowed. Both territories were North of latitude 36.30, and according to the Missouri compromise, slavery was banned in the territories north of this line. the Kansas-Nebraska act would cancel the Missouri compromise. This caused some of the Northerners to feel betrayed by Douglas.
The passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854, is the reason for bleeding Kansas. It delt with slavery in the new territories (in the same manner as the Compromise of 1850). The act created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska and allowed slavery in both of them. The act also provided that when the people of each territory organized as a state, they could decide by popular vote whether to permit slavery to continue. The decision process was called "popular sovereignty." The first test of popular sovereignty came in Kansas, where the majority of the population voted against being a slave state. However, proslavery forces refused to accept the decision. The situation quickly turned to violence. In the end, Kansas joined the Union as free state in 1861.
Ah, in Africa, we had brave soldiers from various infantry divisions fighting with courage and determination. Divisions like the British 7th Armoured Division, also known as the "Desert Rats," and the US 1st Infantry Division, known as the "Big Red One," played vital roles in the North African campaign during World War II. Their resilience and teamwork in challenging conditions helped to secure important victories in the desert sands.