hy was the Kansas territory called “Bleeding Kansas”? The Civil War started in Kansas when a federal fort was attacked. Fights e
rupted with Native Americans in the territory. Kansas passed a series of laws legalizing torture. Fighting began between proslavery and antislavery forces.
During the McCarthy era, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed for allegedly giving atomic secrets to the Soviet Union. They were executed on June 19, 1953.
