Question

the strife in \bleeding kansas\ was associated with a conflict between ____ and ____.
a immigrants and nativists
b catholics and protestants
c settlers and native-americans
d free-soilers and slavery supporters

Explanation:

Bleeding Kansas refers to violent conflicts in the Kansas Territory in the 1850s, centered on whether Kansas would enter the U.S. as a free or slave state. Free-soilers opposed the expansion of slavery into the territory, while slavery supporters fought to allow slavery there. The other options do not align with the core conflict of this event.

Answer:

D. free-soilers and slavery supporters