Bleeding Kansas (8 St. 53 Min, 1 Jan 1854 Jahr – 15 St. 1 Min, 1 Jan 1861 Jahr)

Beschreibung:

The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, narrowly passed while Congressmen brandished weapons and uttered death threats in the House chambers,
overturned parts of the Missouri Compromise by allowing the settlers in the two territories to determine whether or not to permit slavery by a popular vote.
Pro- and anti-slavery agitators flocked to Kansas, hoping to shift the decision by sheer weight of numbers.
The two factions struggled for five years with sporadic outbreaks of bloodshed that claimed fifty-six lives.