Harriet Beecher Stowe's Bleeding Kansas

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102. Popular sovereignty of the people is the principle that the structure of the government is created and upheld by the writ of the people through their elected representatives. Basically, it's the rule of the people and what they insist. 103. "Bleeding Kansas" was a border war of a because of political confrontation in the United States involving anti slavery free states. It Took place in the Kansas territory. It received that name after the decision of popular sovereignty for the western states, that sparked anger in the anti- slavery supporters. Fights broke out that were bloody and brutal 104. Harriet Beecher Stowe was from Litchfield, Connecticut and an author and social activist best known for her anti-slavery novel "Uncle Tom's

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