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The senator from Illinois, Stephen A. Douglas supported the right to have Territory citizens vote on the slavery issue before the territory became a State. He was the prime fore behind the Kansas - Nebraska Act of 1854. He called it popular sovereignty. He maintained this position in the 1858 senatorial race with Abraham Lincoln. Douglas won the election.
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What explains how popular sovereignty was related to slavery?
Popular sovernty was related to slavery because before the civil war Stephen Douglas said that the states should have popular sovernty and what he meant was the states have a right to choose if they wanted to be a slave state or not. This nullified the Missouri compromise which said any state above Missouri would be a free state.
Why should slavery should end now?
because my mommy said i have to end slavery
How did the north and the south have different economically?
the south wanted slavery because thet thought it was write and the north said it was knot right to be trited that crull
The document that said slavery would not be permitted in any area won from Mexico was the?
The document that said slavery was not permitted in any area won from Mexico was known as the Wilmot Proviso.
What did hinton rowan helper have to say about slavery?
he said we are going to lose the war and slavery was going to happen until we die
