Violent Conflicts

Definition

Violent conflicts refer to intense disputes or clashes that involve physical force, aggression, and often result in harm or casualties. In the context of mid-1800s America, these conflicts were centered around the issue of slavery in new territories.

Related terms

Kansas-Nebraska Act: This legislation allowed people in Kansas and Nebraska territories to decide whether they wanted to allow slavery or not through popular sovereignty.

Bleeding Kansas: Refers to the period of violence and conflict that occurred as a result of conflicting pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers rushing into Kansas after the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act.

Dred Scott Decision: A Supreme Court decision that ruled slaves were property and not citizens, intensifying sectional tensions and contributing to violent conflicts between abolitionists and pro-slavery advocates.