Bleeding Kansas crisis
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The Bleeding Kansas crisis was a period of violent conflict in the Kansas Territory in the 1850s between pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces, foreshadowing the American Civil War.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical event
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sectional conflict → violent political conflict → |
| foreshadows |
American Civil War
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| hasAlternateName |
Bleeding Kansas
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Border War → |
| hasCause |
Kansas–Nebraska Act
→
popular sovereignty over slavery in Kansas Territory → sectional tensions over slavery expansion → |
| hasEffect |
collapse of the Whig Party
→
heightened sectional tensions before the American Civil War → national attention to violence over slavery → radicalization of abolitionist and pro-slavery movements → rise of the Republican Party → |
| hasEndTime |
1859
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| hasIdeologicalConflict |
Southern pro-slavery ideology vs. Northern anti-slavery ideology
→
slavery vs. free labor → |
| hasLegalContext |
Kansas–Nebraska Act of 1854
→
popular sovereignty doctrine → |
| hasLocation |
Kansas Territory
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United States → |
| hasMainConflict |
pro-slavery forces vs. anti-slavery forces
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| hasOutcome |
Kansas admitted as a free state
→
Lecompton Constitution rejected → |
| hasPart |
Battle of Osawatomie
→
Marais des Cygnes massacre → Pottawatomie massacre → Sacking of Lawrence → Wakarusa War → violence in border ruffian raids → |
| hasParticipant |
Free-Soil settlers
→
New England Emigrant Aid Company settlers → abolitionists → border ruffians from Missouri → pro-slavery settlers → |
| hasRelatedEvent |
American Civil War
→
Caning of Charles Sumner → Dred Scott decision → Missouri Compromise repeal → |
| hasSignificantPerson |
Andrew P. Butler
NERFINISHED
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Charles Sumner → John Brown → Preston Brooks → |
| hasStartTime |
1854
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| hasTopic |
U.S. territorial politics
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slavery in the United States → westward expansion of the United States → |
| isPartOf |
prelude to the American Civil War
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| tookPlaceInPeriod |
1850s
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Referenced by (8)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Nathaniel Lyon
("Bleeding Kansas")
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battles |
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Kansas–Nebraska Act
("Bleeding Kansas")
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consequence |
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James Buchanan
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governedDuringEvent |
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Bleeding Kansas crisis
("Bleeding Kansas")
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hasAlternateName |
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Kansas
("Bleeding Kansas")
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historicalEvent |
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Kansas–Nebraska Act
("Bleeding Kansas")
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relatedToEvent |
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Missouri–Kansas state line
("Bleeding Kansas")
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relatedToHistoricalEvent |
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Antebellum period
("Bleeding Kansas")
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significantEvent |