The Kansas-Nebraska act allowed states to decide for themselves whether to allow slavery, which was controversial because of the slavery issue. Many people didn't want to allow it anywhere, and others wanted to promote and enforce it everywhere.
Douglas failed to realize the enormity of the slave issue as well as opposition of slavery in the north. He opened the issue of letting states decide for themselves whether they should allow slavery. After slavery was voted in, a bloody insurrection between pro and anti slavery groups came about in Kansas. Douglas denounced the use of his rhetoric for political purposes and denounced President Buchanan who recognized Kansas as a slave state.
Claiming Japanese territory was attacked by China. (Apex ;))
It seemed like a reasonable solution to the slavery debate - let the people of each new state vote on whether it would be slave or free. The flaw in the argument was that the states would be voting one at a time. So every bully-boy in America, from both sides, would descend on one thinly-populated area to commit maximum mayhem. When it was tried-out, in Kansas, the result was called 'Bleeding Kansas'.
New Mexico and Utah
Lincoln argued that it was wrong to decide whether to allow slavery in a state or territory by voting
Lincoln argued that it was wrong to decide whether to allow slavery in a state or territory by voting
The theory promoted by Stephen Douglas was popular sovereignty. This theory allowed the people of a territory to decide for themselves whether to allow or forbid slavery when they applied for statehood, as outlined in the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854.
popular sovereignty
Popular sovereignty is the practice of allowing each territory to decide for itself whether or not to allow slavery, and it means that the people have the power in a democracy to make political decisions through voting or other forms of participation.
Popular sovereignty-_-Apex
Stephen Douglas proposed the idea of popular sovereignty, which allowed residents in each territory to vote on whether or not to allow slavery. He believed this approach would prevent the federal government from imposing its views on the territories and let the residents decide for themselves.
the sovereignty of each state, known as popular sovereignty
Lincoln argued that it was wrong to decide whether to allow slavery in a state or territory by voting
Stephen Douglas proposed the idea of popular sovereignty, allowing territories to vote on whether to allow slavery. He believed this would settle the issue by letting the people in each territory decide for themselves.
Lincoln argued that it was wrong to decide whether to allow slavery in a state or territory by voting
The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed people in certain areas to determine whether or not their territory would allow slavery