What event resulted in the use of the expression, "bleeding kansas" ? 1. passage of the missouri compromise2. the near-destruction of the free-soiler town of lawrence, kansas3. passage of the compromise of 1850what best defines due process of law? 1. the course of legal proceedings carried out regularly in accordance with established rule2. the process of a bill becoming a law3. the compromise solution of admitting states to the union in the 1800s