The state was called "Bleeding Kansas" between 1854 and 1861 as both free-state and pro-slavery forces jockeyed to gain the state for their respective side. As a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act by ...
The Compromise of 1850 brought relative calm to the nation. Though most blacks and abolitionists strongly opposed the Compromise, the majority of Americans embraced it, believing that it offered a ...
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