The violence in "Bleeding Kansas" involved clashes between
A)white settlers and American Indians.
B)blacks and whites.
C)proslavery and antislavery groups.
D)residents of Nebraska who invaded Kansas and the settlers there.
E)Mexican invaders and the settlers of Kansas.

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The violence in "Bleeding Kansas" was a result of tensions between proslavery and antislavery groups. Kansas was a territory at the center of the debate over whether slavery should be allowed in new territories. The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 allowed settlers to vote on whether slavery would be permitted in Kansas, leading to the arrival of proslavery and antislavery settlers who clashed violently. This period of violence was a precursor to the American Civil War.

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