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What was the act that allowed states to decide if they would be free or slave?
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Last ditch plan to save the union?
The Crittenden Compromise - a last hope that was offered to the newly-inaugurated Lincoln, who turned it down because it would have allowed some new slave-states.
Why did the United States refuse when Texas first applied?
It was because there was an even amount of slave states and non-slave states and if Texas would be come part of the United States there would be an odd amount of slave and non-slave states and the US thought that would make the Northerner's angry.
What would decide weather slavery would be allowed in a territory idea of popular sovereignty?
By the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854, voters in the US territories would decide whether the "soon to be state" would enter as a free state or a slave state. This Act was the result of Senator Stephan Douglas's ideas to solve the slave-free state crisis.
How did the newly opened territory of kanasas become a battleground for the issue of slavery?
Congress allowed Kansas and Nebraska to determine for themselves whether they would be slave states or free states. It was called popular sovereignty.
The Missouri Compromise of 1820 allowed Maine to be admitted to the Union as a free state. True or False?
True. Maine would be admitted as a free state and Missouri as a slave state, maintaining the balance between free and slave states in the Senate.
What allowed people in the new states to decide if they would allow slavery or not?
Popular sovereignty-_-Apex
What allowed the people in new states decide if they would allow slavery or not?
Popular sovereignty-_-Apex
What stated that California was a free state and the southwest could decide if they wanted slavery before the civil war?
The Compromise of 1850. California was admitted as a free state, and the New Mexico, Utah, Nevada and Arizona territories were all allowed to decide by popular sovereignty if they would be admitted as free or slave states. The compromise also included the Fugitive Slave Act.
As part of the 1820 Compromise two states were admitted to the Union?
Missouri was admitted as a slave state, but no more slave states would be allowed anywhere North of the parallel that marked Missouri's Southern border.
Last ditch plan to save the union?
The Crittenden Compromise - a last hope that was offered to the newly-inaugurated Lincoln, who turned it down because it would have allowed some new slave-states.
What was the idea that the people in the area of the Mexican cession shuold vote to decide wether their state would be slave or free?
states rights
Why did the United States refuse when Texas first applied?
It was because there was an even amount of slave states and non-slave states and if Texas would be come part of the United States there would be an odd amount of slave and non-slave states and the US thought that would make the Northerner's angry.
Why Lincoln would not compromise in 1860?
Because the last-minute Crittenden Compromise would have allowed the possibility of new slave-states. Lincoln would not accept this.
What would decide weather slavery would be allowed in a territory idea of popular sovereignty?
By the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854, voters in the US territories would decide whether the "soon to be state" would enter as a free state or a slave state. This Act was the result of Senator Stephan Douglas's ideas to solve the slave-free state crisis.
Why did Lincoln election cause the south to secede?
He rejected the final compromise because it would have allowed some new slave-states.
Why would you protest The Kansas Nebraska act of 1854?
The Abolitionists objected, because it could have allowed the creation of new slave-states.
How did Lincoln try to avoid the war?
By considering the Crittenden Compromise - but rejected it because it would have allowed some new slave-states.
