Question

The policy of popular sovereignty brought about fierce competition between the anti- and pro-slavery forces in the Kansas Territory. The pro-slavery forces brought in residents of nearby Missouri to illegally vote to sway Kansas politics. These illegal voters were known as “border ruffians.” The illegal activity did not stop with politics; the border ruffians engaged in intimidation and violence against anti-slavery settlers. What could have been done to stop the illegal voting? What about the violence?

Answer 1

In order to stop the illegal voting from happening, the federal government should have sent representatives to Kansas. These representatives could have worked at the voting place and asked for proof that the resident lived there.

 However, this system would still be flawed. There is no perfect way to stop voter fraud at this time, as the technology we use today to ensure that people do not vote illegally is nonexistent.

As for the violence, the US government could have sent in the military to stop the violence between these "border ruffians" and settlers.

Answer 2

Residents who lived in Kansas should be the ones who could vote; therefore, they should show the proof of residency to vote. As for the violence, the government should have positioned the troops in Kansas to stop the violence done by border ruffians.

 

EXPLANATION:

• The Kansas–Nebraska Act of 1854 was an act that shaped the territories of Kansas and Nebraska. It was conscripted by Democratic Senator Stephen A. Douglas, continued by the 33rd United States Congress, and authorized into law by President Franklin Pierce. Douglas initiated the bill with the objective of creating new lands to growth and accelerating the building of a coast-to-coast railway, but the Kansas–Nebraska Act is most prominent for effectively revoking the Missouri Compromise, strengthening national conflicts over slavery, and causing to a sequence of armed wars known as "Bleeding Kansas".

• The popular sovereignty policy carried out violent competition between the anti and proslavery armies in the Kansas Territory. The proslavery armies brought in populations of nearby Missouri to unlawfully vote to control Kansas politics. These illegal voters were called border ruffians. This illegal activity did not stop with politics. The president provided the proslavery governor of Kansas power of troops at two army headquarters in the territory. Many people dreaded that the governor would use the armies to capture the leaders of the Free State government.  

• The conflict between antislavery and proslavery people made ruling the Kansas Territory hard. The first legislators’ election annexed by illegal voters from Missouri, who voted for a proslavery legislature. The battle over elections caused two separate governments working inside of Kansas.

• Bleeding Kansas was so-called a mini civil war between proslavery and antislavery armies that happened in Kansas from 1856 to 1865. Thousands of Northerners and Southerners arrived in the anew created Kansas Territory succeeding the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854.

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KEYWORDS : Kansas-Nebraska Act, Bleeding Kansas

Subject  : History

Class  : 10-12

Sub-Chapter : American History