USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The conflict centered on the question of whether Kansas, upon gaining statehood, would join the Union as a slave state or a free state. The question was of national importance because Kansas’s two new senators would affect the balance of power in the U.S. Senate, which was bitterly divided over the issue of slavery.

Detailed explanation-2: -Kansas Territory, because of its proximity to Missouri, a slave state, became a political and literal battleground for proslavery and antislavery forces.

Detailed explanation-3: -Bleeding Kansas describes the period of repeated outbreaks of violent guerrilla warfare between pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces following the creation of the new territory of Kansas in 1854. In all, some 55 people were killed between 1855 and 1859.

Detailed explanation-4: -Between roughly 1855 and 1859, Kansans engaged in a violent guerrilla war between pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces in an event known as Bleeding Kansas which significantly shaped American politics and contributed to the coming of the Civil War.

Detailed explanation-5: -Why did antislavery and pro-slavery groups encourage people to move to Kansas? Both groups wanted people to live in Kansas so that they could cast their votes when the time came.