Question

How did the conflict over slavery lead to bleeding kansas?

Answer 1

Hint: Bleeding Kansas, Bloody Kansas, or the Border War were a series of violent civil confrontations between 1854 and 1859 in the Kansas Territory, and to a lesser degree in western Missouri, resulting from a political and theological dispute in the proposed state of Kansas over the legality of slavery.

Complete answer:
From 1856 to 1865, Bleeding Kansas was a mini-civil war between pro- and anti-slavery movements that took place in Kansas.
Thousands of Northerners and Southerners came to the newly formed Kansas Territory following the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854. Some of these colonists actually wanted the new land now open to colonisation, but many others came to cast their votes for or against slavery. The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed individuals living in the Kansas Territory to determine for themselves whether to legalise slavery or not.

To settle the differences within the territory, pro-slavery residents began to advocate violence. On May 21, Lawrence, the anti-slavery community and the home of the free-soil governor, was attacked by about eight hundred pro-slavery men. As pro-slavery forces burned the governor's home, the hotel, and the town's two newspapers, most people fled the town. They plundered shops and homes as well. Bloodshed was getting more frequent to settle the differences between the North and the South.
In the wake of the attack on Lawrence, anti-slavery Kansans did not sit idly. In the ensuing minor civil war, which became known as "Bleeding Kansas." several Ohioans actively participated.

Note: 1)In 1854, Beecher sent rifles to anti-slavery troops. These weapons became known as "Beecher's bibles," because they arrived in Kansas in crates labelled "bibles."
2)Until the end of the Civil War in 1865, Kansas continued to be "Bleeding Kansas"
3)Until its end in 1859, nearly 200 individuals died in Bleeding Kansas.
4)The word 'Bleeding Kansas' was coined by Horace Greeley, publisher and editor of the New York Tribune.