Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
8.9
Points
5.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
24740
Points per Word
0.000202
Page Count
105
Points per Page
0.047619
Description
In 1854, the U.S. Congress created Kansas Territory. Whether it would become a slave state, or free, was up to its citizens. Abolitionist Northerners and proslavery Southerners plied their influence on the settlers, beginning a violent conflict.