Discover the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854. Learn how 'popular sovereignty' sparked Bleeding Kansas and accelerated the American Civil War in this article.

The term “Bleeding Kansas” is a pre-Civil War term referring to the conflict between anti-slavery and pro-slavery factions in the Kansas Territory. Residents of Kansas were to be allowed to choose the ...

Episode six of the eight-part “Kevin Costner’s The West” documentary is called “Bleeding Kansas.” “Kevin Costner’s The West” airs at 9 p.m. Monday, June 16, on the History Channel. The synopsis for ...

This story is the second of three in the series “Border Tales,” which chronicles the unique hostility between Mizzou and Kansas ahead of their football game Saturday. It dates back to at least the ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - January 8, 1861. Just weeks before Kansas was officially admitted to the Union, President James Buchanan delivered his final message to Congress defending the use of federal ...

America again flirts with its own “Bleeding Kansas”—a cycle of partisan violence and defiance where lawless zealots are hailed as patriots and the rule of law bleeds away.