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What explains the fact that Stephen Douglas won only one state Missouri?
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Which State was the only one that Stephen Douglas won?
Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 presidential election defeating John Breckinridge, John Bell and Stephen Douglas. In the 1860 presidential election Abraham Lincoln received 180 electoral votes (59.4), John Breckinridge received 72 electoral votes, John Bell received 39 electoral votes, and Stephen Douglas received 12 electoral votes. Douglas received votes from Missouri and New Jersey. Douglas received Missouri's 9 electoral votes. New Jersey electors split their vote giving 4 to Lincoln and 3 to Douglas.
Which senator led the the proslavery group in kansas. which state did he represent?
Stephen Arnold Douglas. He Represented the State of Illinois.
What two states did Stephen Douglas want to create out of the territories west of Missouri and Iowa?
Kansas and Nebraska. The concept was that one would become a free state and the other a slave state, to maintain the senatorial balance. But the concept of popular sovereignty led to armed conficts in Kansas.
Who did Abraham Lincoln debate in a state senate race which put Lincoln in the national spotlight?
stephen douglas
Stephen Douglas promoted what as a way of determining whether a state should be slave or free?
popular sovereignty
The Illinois senator who proposed the use of popular sovereignty in determining a state's slave status was?
Stephen Douglas
What Illinois senator proposed the use of popular sovereignty in determining a state's slave status?
Stephen Douglas
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 did Stephen Douglas to propose organizing the region west of Missouri and Iowa as the territories of Kansas and Nebraska?
Stephen Douglas probably proposed such a plan mentioned above because of the concept of popular sovereignty where the people who reside in a territory that might become a state at a later date could decide for themselves whether they wanted slavery or not. This was 'democracy' in action that sounded good in theory but would have tragic consequences later when it was implemented in Kansas.
What state did Stephen Douglas debate with Abraham Lincoln in the 1858 sentorial debates?
Illinois, where they were competing for a senatorial seat.
When and where did Stephen A Douglas live?
Senator Stephen A. Douglas made his impact in Illinois politics. He was a well known senator in the US. Illinois was the last US state he lived in. He was born in Vermont and also lived in New York. He lived from 1813 to 1861.
Who said the right of slavery is the right of a state to decide?
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.
