Author Question: To what extent were events in Kansas a dress rehearsal for the Civil War? What will be an ideal ... (Read 39 times)

a0266361136 · **on:** Sep 11, 2019

Question 1

The four olds included all of the following except

a. old buildings.
b. old thoughts.
c. old culture.
d. old customs.
e. old habits.

Question 2

To what extent were events in Kansas a dress rehearsal for the Civil War?

What will be an ideal response?

emily12345 · **Reply #1 on:** Sep 11, 2019

Answer 1

a

Answer 2

Kansas demonstrated the limitations on popular sovereignty. The concept assumes that both sides are willing to bow to the will of the majority and abide by the political process. Proslavery settlers gained political power as a result of fraudulent votes and passed a slave code calculated to drive their opponents out of the territory. As the situation became increasingly polarized, the antislavery faction refused to abide by the recognized political process and created an alternative government and constitution, and violence soon followed. The inability of political democracy and the existing political structures to contain sectional differences clearly foreshadowed events in 1861.