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In the compromise of 1850 and the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 popular sovereignty was proposed as a way to?
'Popular Sovereignty' was the term coined by Stephen Douglas for a local vote on slavery in each new state as it joined the Union. It was the basis of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which was first tested - disastrously - when Kansas was admitted as free soil. This followed the unsuccessful Compromise of 1850, which did not involve Popular Sovereignty.
Where was the first attempt to apply the doctrine of popular sovereignty in determining the status of slavery occurred in?
Kansas
The first attempt to apply the doctrine of popular sovereignty in determining the status of slavery occurred in?
Kansas
What policy was passed to help former slaves after the Civil War?
It upheld popular sovereignty in Kansas and Nebraska
Why did northerners head for Kansas after the signing of the Kansas- Nebraska act?
They got to choose whether the territory would have slavery by the way of popular sovereignty, which is the people get to have the choice.
Who proposed bringing popular sovereignty to Kansas?
Senator Stephen Douglas of Illinois.
What 19th century politician is most closely associated with the idea of popular sovereignty?
The Democratic senator from Illinois, Stephen Douglas is most associated with the idea of popular sovereignty. His Kansas Nebraska Act of 1854 allowed citizens in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to vote on the slavery issue before the territory applied for statehood.
What was the result of Bleeding Kansas?
popular sovereignty was an unworkable solution for the territories of Kansas and Nebraska
What democratic senator the idea of popular sovereignty in Kansas and Nebraska?
Stephen A. Douglas was an American politician from Illinois and the designed of the Nebraska-Kansas Act. The act wanted to create a sovereign nation that allowed male white settlers whether they would allow slavery in those nations.Ê
What Democratic Senator push the idea of popular sovereignty Kansas and Nebraska?
Stephen A. Douglas was an American politician from Illinois and the designed of the Nebraska-Kansas Act. The act wanted to create a sovereign nation that allowed male white settlers whether they would allow slavery in those nations.Ê
What was popular sovereignty in 1850?
The concept of popular sovereignty was introduced by the 1854 Kansas Nebraska Act. The term did not apply to any particular law or concept that was related to slavery. The term was coined by Illinois Senator Stephen A. Douglas.
What bill passed by congress which included the principle of popular sovereignty?
The Kansas-Nebraska of 1854 allowed the territories of Kansas and Nebrask to vote on whether to allow slavery, which is what "popular sovereignty" or "squatter sovereignty" meant.
Senator Stephen A Douglas believed that the only democratic way to deal with the slavery issue was through?
Senator Stephen A. Douglas believed that the only way to democratically deal with the issue of slavery was by voting. This was called popular sovereignty and applied to his Kansas- Nebraska Act of 1854.
What did Popular Sovereignty result in?
The concept of popular sovereignty was on its surface the most democratic method to decide whether a state would be a free state or a slave state. The unforeseen consequences of this was the armed conflict in Kansas between pro and anti-slavery people. This should have been avoided however, by having a strong presence in Kansas by the US military.
When was popular sovereignty?
Popular sovereignty was used before the Civil War to determine if the state wanted slavery or not. Nebraska and Kansas voted on these issues.
In 1854 Senator Stephen Douglas of Illinois introduced the Kansas-Nebraska Act which would allow the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide on the issue of slavery by popular sovereignty. Dougla?
the construction of a transcontinental railroad that would start in Chicago, Illinois
What did the situation in Kansas in the mid 1850s indicate the impracticality of?
Popular Sovereignty
