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:... The term "Bleeding Kansas" came from a news reporter, Horace Greeley of the ''New York Tribune''.  (Matt N.)
 
:... The term "Bleeding Kansas" came from a news reporter, Horace Greeley of the ''New York Tribune''.  (Matt N.)
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:The Kansas-Nebraska Act ... became a law on May 30, 1854.  Nebraska, being so far north, had no issues with this law.  However, Kansas, being next to the slave state of Missouri, became a battleground over the slavery question.  People on both sides of the slavery question became more and more angry.  Violence escalated.  Approximately 55 people died.  This period of time [in Kansas] became known as "Bleeding Kansas."  (Nick D.)
    
6.  Explain the cartoon, and what you think the cartoonist's view was. The woman's quote begins, "You have been a bad boy, Steve, ever since you had anything to do with that Nebraska Bill ...."
 
6.  Explain the cartoon, and what you think the cartoonist's view was. The woman's quote begins, "You have been a bad boy, Steve, ever since you had anything to do with that Nebraska Bill ...."
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