THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
MISSOURI COMPROMISE OF 1820
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A violent slave uprising led by Joseph Cinque
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Violence in Kansas between proslavery and antislavery settlers prior to the Civil War
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The turning point of the Civil War, in which Robert E. Lee’s army was routed from Kansas
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The devastation caused by a tornado in Kansas in 1854, which killed 55 people
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Detailed explanation-1: -Three distinct political groups occupied Kansas: pro-slavery, Free-Staters and abolitionists. Violence broke out immediately between these opposing factions and continued until 1861 when Kansas entered the Union as a free state on January 29. This era became forever known as Bleeding Kansas.
Detailed explanation-2: -Bleeding Kansas, Bloody Kansas, or the Border War was a series of violent civil confrontations in Kansas Territory, and to a lesser extent in western Missouri, between 1854 and 1859. It emerged from a political and ideological debate over the legality of slavery in the proposed state of Kansas.
Detailed explanation-3: -Kansas Territory, because of its proximity to Missouri, a slave state, became a political and literal battleground for proslavery and antislavery forces.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.