This dispute's first significant violent event was the "Wakarusa War" where Charles Dow was shot.
This dispute's first significant violent event was the "Wakarusa War" where Charles Dow was shot. One of the central issues at stake in this conflict was whether or not to adopt the Lecompton Constitution. William Quantrill's force raided the then-capital to escalate this struggle while John Brown led defending forces. Brown also led soldiers in the "Battle of Osawatomie" and at a massacre at Pottawatomie Creek during this conflict. For 10 points, name this conflict between Border Ruffians and Free Staters in a namesake Midwestern state prior to the Civil War.
This dispute's first significant violent event was the "Wakarusa War" where Charles Dow was shot.
{Bleeding Kansas} [or {Bloody Kansas}, or {Border War}]