SECTIONAL CRISIS 1850 1861
BLOODY KANSAS
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Question
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The “Crimes Against Kansas” was a:
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A speech delivered by Charles Sumner arguing that pro-slavery Missourians were destroying Kansas
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A speech delivered by William Seward arguing that slavery had to have limitations
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An attack by pro-slavery Missourians on Kansas City
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A speech by John Brown, given in Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Sumner was among the first members of Congress to argue that the Civil War had to be fought to end slavery as much as to save the Union. In fact, he said the two goals were inextricably linked.
Detailed explanation-2: -The attack was in retaliation for a speech given by Sumner two days earlier in which he fiercely criticized slaveholders, including pro-slavery South Carolina Senator Andrew Butler, a relative of Brooks.
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