Ameliorate Bleeding Kansas

Directions: students should grammatically correct the error filled sentences below, in red.  There is a missing comma, a missing semicolon, and a missing colon.

Even before the civil War begin in 1861 theire was pro and anti slavery forces fighting in the territory of Kansas it earned a nickname that reflected this reality Bleeding Kansas.

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Suggested answer: 
Even before the Civil War began in 1861, there were pro and anti slavery forces fighting in the territory of Kansas; it earned a nickname that reflected this reality: Bleeding Kansas.