USA HISTORY

SECTIONAL CRISIS 1850 1861

BLOODY KANSAS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What year did Bloody Kansas start?
A
1855
B
1854
C
1850
D
1860
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Three distinct political groups occupied Kansas: pro-slavery, Free-Staters and abolitionists. Violence broke out immediately between these opposing factions and continued until 1861 when Kansas entered the Union as a free state on January 29. This era became forever known as Bleeding Kansas.

Detailed explanation-2: -Bleeding Kansas, (1854–59), small civil war in the United States, fought between proslavery and antislavery advocates for control of the new territory of Kansas under the doctrine of popular sovereignty.

Detailed explanation-3: -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.

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