https://padlet.com/1660913/8gqxjark6d9i Centered on John Brown and Bleeding Kansas en-us 2017-12-05 20:53:33 UTC 2025-09-26 13:32:57 UTC hello@padlet.com 1660913 https://padlet.com/1660913/8gqxjark6d9i/wish/213508488 The event that caused it most directly was when John Brown and his associates murdered 5 pro slavery men at Pottawatomie Creek on May  24, 1855.]]> 2017-12-05 20:57:43 UTC https://padlet.com/1660913/8gqxjark6d9i/wish/213508488 1660913 https://padlet.com/1660913/8gqxjark6d9i/wish/213510076 There are two main reasons for why John Brown went through with his actions. One, John Brown wanted to get revenge on "Border Ruffians", pro slavery men from Missouri that came to Kansas to attack abolitionists. Second, as a major abolitionist, John Brown believed that his actions were justified as a means to ending slavery, and that this would help to inspire a slave revolt that would end slavery in the United States.]]> 2017-12-05 21:03:15 UTC https://padlet.com/1660913/8gqxjark6d9i/wish/213510076 1660913 https://padlet.com/1660913/8gqxjark6d9i/wish/213512066 John's Brown actions demonstrated the divide in the country's opinions.  In the North, where most of the population were abolitionists, many of the people supported and agreed with John Brown's actions, saying that the way to end slavery successfully is taking direct action like John Brown had. John Brown had even been given money and supplies from well-known abolitionists in order to continue the fighting in "Bleeding Kansas". However, the South believed that John Brown was a terrorist. The South also argued that the abolitionists were just as guilty for the instances occurring as pro slavery people were even if they refused to admit it.]]> 2017-12-05 21:10:47 UTC https://padlet.com/1660913/8gqxjark6d9i/wish/213512066 1660913 https://padlet.com/1660913/8gqxjark6d9i/wish/213519884 Congress' actions to the "Bleeding Kansas" incident showed favoring to the abolitionist movement. Following the  breakout of "Bleeding Kansas", the pro slavery group created a document called the Lecompton constitution which allowed slavery in Kansas. However, this constitution was rejected. The abolitionist  group created the Wyandotte constitution, banning slavery in Kansas. This constitution was accepted by Congress and passed in 1859.]]> 2017-12-05 21:37:33 UTC https://padlet.com/1660913/8gqxjark6d9i/wish/213519884 1660913 https://padlet.com/1660913/8gqxjark6d9i/wish/213521974 John Brown's murdering of pro slavery men enacted people to physically combat over tensions and disagreements about slavery that were present in their community and between the anti slavery and pro slavery groups. Also, John's Brown murdering caused other abolitionists to believe that retaliation against the pro slavery groups and Border Ruffians was justified. ]]> 2017-12-05 21:46:18 UTC https://padlet.com/1660913/8gqxjark6d9i/wish/213521974 1660913 https://padlet.com/1660913/8gqxjark6d9i/wish/213523084 The Bleeding Kansas incident was a violent outbreak in Kansas due to tensions over slavery, the major cause of the Civil War, and a single person, John Brown, that decided to take action over the issue. ]]> 2017-12-05 21:50:42 UTC https://padlet.com/1660913/8gqxjark6d9i/wish/213523084 1660913 https://padlet.com/1660913/8gqxjark6d9i/wish/213526264 2017-12-05 22:02:41 UTC https://padlet.com/1660913/8gqxjark6d9i/wish/213526264 1660913 https://padlet.com/1660913/8gqxjark6d9i/wish/213526970

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