Bleeding Kansas

The years following 1850 proved to be a time of political turmoil in the United States. With slavery still being utilized in the South, it seemed that the Northern and Southern politicians would always be at odds. This opposition would always exist between the North and South so long as slavery existed. During the period preceding the Compromise of 1850 politicians were able to formulate compromises that barely appeased both sides. Eventually there was nothing else to do to satisfy both sides of…

Constitution” used popular sovereignty to decide whether Kansas or Nebraska should be brought into Union with a constitution or with more slaves. The constitution was rejected and Kansas was brought into the Union as a free state in 1858 (Nebraska’s fate would be decided after the war.) With the results of the decisions, brawls between proslavery and antislavery people spread like wildfire across Kansas, thus giving it the nickname, “Bleeding Kansas.” The fighting even spread to the United…

Division of the Union was the main cause of the Civil War. Regardless of the political stance, or the argument of what the motives that led to this division was, the fundamental cause of the separation in Confederacy and Union. Many historians agree that the cause slavery itself, however, some counterparts consider it to be westward expansion. After the Louisiana Purchase, many states were settled with the Missouri Compromise -the compromise established to momentarily calm the issues on slavery-…

Bleeding America The Kansas-Nebraska Act, a act proposed by "Senator Stephen Douglas, a Democratic Senator from Illinois who introduced the Kansas-Nebraska Act"1 in hopes for the nation to build a transcontinental-railroad, hopefully having the eastern terminus in Chicago, but the railroad needed to be secure as it was going to go through the Kansas and Nebraska territories, preferably as states. Being a personal advocate of popular sovereignty, Stephen A. Douglas disliked the Missouri…

1. The Mexican War - The Mexican-American War began in 1846 when President Polk sent a United States representative make an offer of purchasing California and parts of New Mexico from the Mexicans. He also requested to settle the border territory claims in Texas. The US offered $25-$30 million, along with $3 million in relief debt for American citizens. The Mexican government refused to meet with the representative, causing Polk to order US troops to move into the disputed territory to protect…

The Civil War fought from 1861-1865 was rough on citizens all around the country of America, especially those from the south, as the Civil War was also called the War of Southern Independence. Throughout these four years, the Southern and Northern ends of the country fought recklessly for bloodshed practically against each other. For the first eighteen months of the war, federal soldiers fought solely to uphold the Constitution and preserve the nation (Roark et al). As the world’s first modern…

Slavery was a major issue in the United States. The Northern and the Southern states had different point of views on just about anything. The north wanted nothing to do with slavery, but the south was just the opposite. This clashes between the north and the south caused sectionalism of the United States. Sectionalism is a slow tearing of the nation. Many issues such as slavery, industrialization, tariffs, and culture sharply divided the country. The demand for slavery in the south kept…

brought forth the Wilmot Proviso, which suggested that all land acquired from Mexico should be free. The Senate turned this idea down, as the South deeply opposed this idea. Next, Bleeding Kansas, lasting from 1854 to 1856, was a fight between abolitionists and pro-slavery citizens. In an election to decide whether Kansas would become a free or slave state, pro-slavery voters won, and forces began what is considered the first fighting of the Civil War. Pro-slavery forces attacked the town of…

It would be appropriate to say that “By the 1850’s the constitution, originally framed as an instrument of national unity had become a source of sectional discord and tension and ultimately contributed to the failure of the union it had created” is a valid statement. This is because virtually everyone in the nation, the public, statesmen, and presidents, felt growing tensions over the fate of territories, interpretation of the constitution, and the justification behind the southern secession in…

work. . Following the Compromise of 1850 was the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, which allowed the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to determine their status on slavery by replacing the Missouri Compromise with popular sovereignty. This caused a frenzy of people to illegally enter Kansas to vote whether the territory would allow slavery within its borders. Popular sovereignty caused there to be two governments in Kansas. Bleeding Kansas was the name given to the violence that…