The event that occurred because of the Kansas-Nebraska Act was "Bleeding Kansas." This conflict arose as a result of the act's provision for popular sovereignty, which allowed settlers in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether to allow slavery, leading to violent confrontations between pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions.
Which event occurred because of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Bleeding Kansas
the Compromise of 1850
the Missouri Compromise
California becoming a state
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