Why did people call the Kansas territory “Bleeding Kansas” in the 1850s?
A)Confederate troops invaded Kansas to enforce the rights of slave owners.
B)Arguments between pro-and antislavery forces erupted into violence.
C)Political debates among Kansans led to the outbreak of the Civil War.
D)US troops invaded Kansas to abolish slavery and establish a government.
This period of Guerrilla warfare is referred to as Bleeding Kansas, Because of the blood shed by pro-salvery and anti-salvery groups, lasting until the violence died down in roughly 1859.
