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Believers in popular sovereignty proposed that the future of slavery in a territory should be decided by?
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The doctrine that the issue of slavery should be decided by the residents of a territory themselves not by the federal government?
popular sovereignty
How would decisions about slavery be made under popular sovereignty?
Under popular sovereignty, decisions about slavery would be made by the settlers in a territory. There were different viewpoints about when the decision should be made; some felt the decision shouldn't be decided until a territory was approaching statehood, while others wanted it to be decided earlier.
In the Douglas stated that the people of a territory ultimately decided whether or not they wanted slavery?
freeport doctrine
What was decided at the Berlin conference?
that European nations would have to alert one another about any African territory they claimed.
What statement best description of popular sovereignty?
the issue of slavery in the territories was to be decided through governmental bodies
The doctrine that the issue of slavery should be decided by the residents of a territory themselves not by the federal government.?
popular sovereignty
The doctrine that the issue of slavery should be decided by the residents of a territory themselves not by the federal government?
popular sovereignty
How would decisions about slavery be made under popular sovereignty?
Under popular sovereignty, decisions about slavery would be made by the settlers in a territory. There were different viewpoints about when the decision should be made; some felt the decision shouldn't be decided until a territory was approaching statehood, while others wanted it to be decided earlier.
What issue did Stephen A Douglas believe had a constitutional basis for its resolution?
Slave ownership in territories could be decided by popular sovereignty
What was the cause and effect of the kansas- nebraska act?
Causes: 1. In 1854, the issue of slavery in the Kansas territory resurfaced. 2. Senator Stephen Douglass introduced a bill to set of a government for the Nebraska Territory. (This territory stretched from Texas all the way into Canada and from Missouri west to the Rockies). Effects: 1. Douglass proposed that entire area be divided into two territories: Kansas and Nebraska. 2. He decided that the area should decide whether to be pro or antislavery through popular sovereignty. The name of his bill was the Kansas- Nebraska Act. I hope this helped!
How was the issue of slavery decided in the territory ceded by mexico-?
The issue of slavery in the territory ceded by Mexico was decided by the Compromise of 1850, which allowed residents to determine whether to allow slavery through popular sovereignty. This meant that the territories of New Mexico and California could decide on the slavery issue for themselves when applying for statehood.
What is the term for allowing people within the territories to decided on issues such as slavery?
Popular Sovereignty
Who proposed the system of checks and balances?
It was decided in the constitutional convention.
What is the difference between dividend and proposed dividend?
Here the difference is that the dividend is a amount decided to be given to, say the shareholders, and proposed dividend is the amount has not yet been decided at the meeting , for the sareholders as yet.
What was one condition of the compromise of 1850?
The three main points of the Comprise of 1850 were; 1.California as a free state including Southern California 2.Utah Territory and New Mexico Territory with slavery to be decided by popular sovereignty. 3.The slave trade was abolished in Washington, DC (but not slavery itself), and the Fugitive Slave Act was strengthened.
What did Stephen Douglas propose in the Kansas Nebraska act?
the Nebraska territory would open up and be divided into 2 states: nebraska and Kansas. originally, nebraska would have been the free state and kansas the slave state BUT nebraska and kansas would be decided by popular sovereignty
What issue did Stephen Douglas believe had a constitutional basis for it's resolution?
Slave ownership in territories could be decided by popular sovereignty
