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Bleeding Kansas

Bleeding Kansas proper noun: a series of violent civil confrontations in Kansas Territory, and to a lesser extent in western Missouri, between 1854 and 1859.

Proper noun

Bleeding Kansas

  1. (historical) A series of violent civil confrontations in Kansas Territory, and to a lesser extent in western Missouri, between 1854 and 1859.
    Synonyms:
    Bloody Kansas

Synonyms of Bleeding Kansas

Questions about Bleeding Kansas

What does Bleeding Kansas mean?
Bleeding Kansas means a series of violent civil confrontations in Kansas Territory, and to a lesser extent in western Missouri, between 1854 and 1859.
What part of speech is Bleeding Kansas?
Bleeding Kansas is a proper noun.

Words near Bleeding Kansas in the dictionary

  1. bleeding for
  2. bleeding heart
  3. bleeding hearts
  4. bleeding heck
  5. bleeding hell
  6. Bleeding Kansas
  7. bleeding like a pig
  8. bleeding like a stuck hog
  9. bleeding like a stuck pig
  10. bleeding Nora
  11. bleeding oak crust

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