Civil War still real!

Currently my sixth-grade class is studying the Civil War. I find myself engulfed in it at times. It is extremely interesting to know what went on near where I live. Most people don't think of Kansas when they think of the Civil War when in fact it was the heart of how Americans were split during that time. Kansas was trying to become a state and the voters were to decide what it would be, slave or free. It wasn't just talk! People were hurt, buildings were destroyed, and some even lost their lives for their beliefs. Laws were hard to enforce and whoever had the majority or sometimes the gun would end up deciding things. Kansas became known as "Bloody Kansas". Some events still get me hot like a preacher, who happened to be against slavery, gunned down in his farm while milking a cow. They didn't care who he was but what he said he believed. Anyways, I could type a novel but I must leave it alone for now. Maybe a revisiting will be warranted later.