USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In September of 1856, a new territorial governor, John W. Geary, arrived in Kansas and began to restore order. The last major outbreak of violence was the Marais des Cynges massacre, in which Border Ruffians killed five Free State men. In all, approximately 55 people died in “Bleeding Kansas."

Detailed explanation-2: -Historians estimate that at least 60 and possibly as many as 200 people died for political reasons during the territorial period of Kansas history, also known as “Bleeding Kansas.” Both antislavery and proslavery supporters made threats, destroyed property, and committed murder.

Detailed explanation-3: -Statehood of Kansas Kansas entered the Union as a free state in 1861. During the American Civil War, two-thirds of Kansas men of military age enlisted in the Union Army, and, with nearly 8, 500 dead or wounded, Kansas suffered the highest rate of casualties (in proportion to its population) of any state in the Union.

Detailed explanation-4: -Bleeding Kansas was part of the political storm that occurred throughout the United States before the Civil War. The anti-slavery forces prevailed as Kansas entered into the Union a free state on January 29, 1861.

Detailed explanation-5: -Bleeding Kansas describes the period of repeated outbreaks of violent guerrilla warfare between pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces following the creation of the new territory of Kansas in 1854. In all, some 55 people were killed between 1855 and 1859.