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The Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820 with the popular sovereignty portion of the bill was written into the proposal. This portion of the bill was to allow the voters of the movement to decide if slavery would be allowed within the states that were formed because of the Act. Douglas hoped that popular sovereignty would allow democracy to win and he would not have to pick a side on the issues of slavery and slave rights. But indignation fanned out across the territories and the Republican Party gained prominence in the territories of the north and west.
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BlakeFrom one perspective, the Kansas issue in 1854 can be said to have helped Abraham Lincoln win the US presidency in 1860. Lincoln respected the US Supreme Courts's decision concerning the legality of slavery, but personally he hated slavery. The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, gave settlers in those territories the right to vote on slavery in their territories before they applied for statehood. Lincoln did not want slavery to expand westward, and so did many other Americans. The violence between pro and antislavery people in Kansas was the result of the Act. The Act caused violence and bloodshed in Kansas.If Congress had never allowed Kansas to vote on slavery, much bloodshed would have been avoided. With that said, Lincoln's position against slavery in the West resonated with voters in 1860.
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What happened after four candidates ran for president in 1860?
Lincoln won the presidency with less than half of the popular vote
Northern Democratic Party candidate defeated by Lincoln in 1860?
There were four candidates running for Presidency in 1860. Lincoln won against them with 40% of the popular vote. This included Illinois Senator Stephen Douglas a Northern democrat.
What notable events happened in 1860?
In the US 1860 was the year in which Abraham Lincoln was elected to the Presidency. King Edward VII made the first royal visit in September of 1860 whilst on the other side of the world the second Maori War began in New Zealand.
Who urged Lincoln to free the slaves as a war tactic?
Abraham Lincoln was an anti-slavery candidate in 1860. He had every intention of freeing the slaves as soon as it was possible. However, history records that Frederick Douglass encouraged Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation as a war tactic.
Why did southern states withdraw from the union?
It was an issue of state's rights and with the election of Lincoln they thought that he would force the abolition of slavery on them without asking them. Today, there are still issues concerning states rights that echo the 1860's. The question is where does the rights of the states end and the federal government begin ? This was the essential issue in the 1860's.
