The Border Ruffians were people who went to another state to vote for it to be a slave state. They were usually carrying rifles or some sort of gun. They caused lots of violence.
Americans traveling into Kansas to vote to make Kansas either a slave state or free state. These people were usually armed with some sort of weapon like a gun or sword.
By intimidating voters and declaring every result to be rigged.After an interval, it became clear that the people of Kansas were voting to be free soil, and the state was admitted to the Union as...