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    The first years of Kansas’ statehood‚ commonly referred to as Bleeding Kansas‚ displayed how rising controversy over slavery in the United States would crumble into conflict. On the front line‚ John Brown led free-state militias into battle as an effort to end the spread of slave states. Kansas depicts as shockingly similar microcosm of the Civil War that through hardship and acquired reputation led John Brown to stage a raid on Harpers Ferry. Kansas first became inhabitable when President Franklin

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    school at the age of sixteen to join the army. But was rejected for being under aged. Walt moved back to Kansas City to begin his artistic career. Nobody wanted to hire him as either an artist or actor but soon later. At Pesmen- Rubin Art Studio he met cartoonist Ubbe Iwerks they decided to start their own commercial company together. Not being very successful they got a job at the Kansas City Film Ad Company. Where he made commercials based on cutout animations‚ Disney became interested in animation

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    Stephen Douglas created a bill which made Kansas and Nebraska vote whether they were to be free or slave. The issue was the Missouri Compromise created the line for slavery the southern border of Missouri and Nebraska and Kansas‚ being north of the border‚ caused tension to increase between the North and South. In order to influence the vote in Kansas‚ Missourians purchased land in Kansas and voted pro-slavery. With Kansas’ Free Soilers and Missourians Pro-slavery movement competing

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    shipped to U.S. entry ports in either Seattle‚ Washington‚ or Los Angeles‚ California. After passing through customs‚ the 20- and 40-foot containers are shipped by rail to Grainger’s central distribution center in Kansas City‚ Kansas. The containers are unloaded and quality is checked in Kansas City. From there‚ individual items are sent to regional warehouses in nine U.S. locations‚ a Canada site‚ and Mexico. Grainger: U.S. Distribution In the United States approximately 40 percent of the containers

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    and if they wanted to be a free state or a slave state. As settlers streamed into Kansas and Nebraska which were above the 36° 30’ latitude line‚ the question seemed open to popular sovereignty. The two territories were West of Missouri‚ a slave state and many settlers came from there along with their slaves. This turned Kansas into a battleground between Free soil and proslavery advocates. Congress passing the Kansas Nebraska act effectively repealed the Missouri compromise. Do you to this idea of

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    and nationalism. Nationalism is the patriotic feeling for your country and Sectionalism is the interests in a specific local place. What are the three main causes of the Civil War? The three main causes of the Civil War were the Dred Scott Case‚ the Kansas-Nebraska Act‚ and the Abolitionist. These causes can be supported in many political‚ economic‚ and geographic ways. To begin‚ the Dred Scott Case caused the Civil War in many economic ways. The Dred Scott Case was economic because in Document 8 it

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    Village‚ Kansas. Erin is a 16-year-old student at Wyandotte High School in Kansas City‚ Kansas. The stories told by these two individuals show that the wealth gap is still playing a major role in determining the quality of education and opportunities for students. Josh has lived his entire life in Prairie Village‚ Kansas. Currently‚ Josh lives in a 4-bedroom home with his parents and his sister‚ Jamie. Both of Josh’s parents are from Prairie Village and earned degrees from the University of Kansas. After

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    thinking. The first event was the Kansas-Nebraska Act‚ which overturned the Missouri compromise‚ which prohibited slavery in the Louisiana Territory‚ except for in the proposed state of Missouri. The Kansas-Nebraska Act decided that the issue of whether or not slavery was legal was a decision that went to state government. It also lead to a fight inside Kansas known as “Bleeding Kansas” abolitionists and pro-slavery citizens of Kansas fought over whether Kansas should be a free state or a slave

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    Washington was stopped. Another political compromise leading to the Civil War was the compromise of 1820 also known as the Missouri Compromise. This compromise controlled slavery in certain parts of the country. There were also many acts like the Kansas-Nebraska

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    and they moved to Medicine Lodge‚ Kansas. Here she began a career of charity and religious work and became known as “Mother Nation.” She took a

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