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The compromise was a legislative measure passed by congress aimed at resolving tensions between the north and the south over slavery and territory expansion and power.The slave act was to appease the south that escaped slaves will. Be returned to their owners even if they were in a free state.
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This act was introduced by Senator Stephen A Douglas of Illinois.It dramatically affected the debate over slavery and intensified the sectional conflict between the north and south. This act also allowed for the possibility of slavery in the northern states.
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Bleeding Kansas was a violent period in Kansas Territory clashes between pro slavery and anti slavery. The violence caused by the political and social conflict gave Kansas this nickname grim.