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'''Bleeding Kansas''' is the name given to a "civil war" that took place in [[Kansas]] in the early 1850s over the issue of [[slavery]]. It was resolved by the [[Kansas-Nebraska Act]], which introduced the idea of [[popular soveriegnty]].
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'''Bleeding Kansas''' is the name given to a "civil war" that took place in [[Kansas]] in the early 1850s over the issue of [[slavery]]. It led to the [[Kansas-Nebraska Act]], which introduced the idea of [[popular soveriegnty]]. This did not immediately lead to peace, but beget further violence such as raids in Lawrence and by [[John Brown]].
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