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How did Stephen Douglas try to use the principle of majority rule to end the debate over slavery in the territories?
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By proposing that the people of each new state should vote on whether it should be slave or free. (Kansas-Nebraska Act, 1854).
That sounded reasonable enough, but it suffered from a terrible flaw. By holding the vote in one state at a time, it encouraged every bully-boy from both sides to descend on that one state to intimdate voters. That was the cause of Bleeding Kansas.
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Which political figure opposed the expansion of slavery into the western territories?
Stephen A Douglas
What has the author Stephen A Douglas written?
Stephen A. Douglas has written: 'Political socialization and student activism in Indonesia' 'Popular Sovereignty In The Territories'
Who was a advocate of popular sovereignty?
One Stephen Douglas was the original advocate of Popular Sovereignty. He was tasked with organizing the new territories in terms of their popularity.
Who introduced a bill to Congress to organize the territories of Kansas and Nebraska?
(Stephen A. Douglas)
Who proposed the bill to divide Nebraska into two territories?
Stephen A. Douglas
Whose theory of popular sovereignty reopened the issue of slavery in the territories?
Stephen Douglas
Who was a democrat who stated in the Freeport Doctrine that territories had a legal right to keep out slavery?
Stephen Douglas - Apex
Who was the senator from Illinois who believed that the question of slavery in the territories should be settled by popular sovereignty?
Stephen Douglas
Why did Stephen Douglas propose organizing the region west of Missouri and Iowa as the territories of Kansas nebraska?
For expanding nations.
Why did Stephen Douglas propose organizing the region west of Missouri and Iowa as the territories of kansas and nebraska?
For expanding nations.
Stephen Douglas staunchly believed that the slavery question in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska should be resolved by?
popular sovereignty, allowing the residents of the territories to vote on whether to allow slavery or not. He argued that this approach would uphold the principles of democracy and states' rights, allowing each territory to determine its own stance on the issue.
In 1854 what did Stephen a Douglas propose?
He proposed a bill that divided the land west of Missouri into two territories, Kansas and Nebraska.
