Question

What led to the term "Bleeding Kansas?"

passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act allowing Popular Sovereignty in the Kansas and Nebraska territories to decide on the slave issue


the blue building people fought the red building people over expansion


Stephen Douglas' plan for a railroad led to the death of many natives and bufffalo

Answer 1

Passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act allowing Popular Sovereignty in the Kansas and Nebraska territories to decide on the slave issue.

Step-by-step explanation:

Bleeding Kansas refers to the time period where proslavery and anti-slavery supporters fought against each other in a small civil war. This war was a result of the power to control the new territory of Kansas.

With the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act in May 1854, the issue of the legality of slavery became a much-heated argument. This controversial confrontation opined that the principle of popular sovereignty allows the residents of Kansas to decide whether the area will be pro-slavery or anti-slavery. The confrontation led to the small but violent war which became known as "Bleeding Kansas".

Thus, the correct answer is the first option.