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Kansas admitted to Union

Rejecting the Lecompton Constitution and the expansion of slavery, Kansas was admitted to the Union as a free state.

Glossary Term – Event

Lecompton Constitution

In Kansas, pro-slavery delegates drafted the Lecompton Constitution, a pro-slavery document that created great debate about Kansas’s future. It was ultimately rejected but prompted turmoil in the territory.