1854
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
they did not allow slavery
The Kansas Nebraska Act reopened argument over the spread of slavery into territories of the Louisiana Purchase.
The political party that stood against the spread of slavery was the newly formed Republican party. The party was emerged to combat the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 which aimed to extend slavery.
The decision of whether to allow slavery or not in each state was left for the residents to decide.
Popular sovereignty is the idea that the residents of a territory should have the right to decide for themselves whether to allow slavery. This concept was influential in the debate over the spread of slavery into new territories during the mid-19th century in the United States, particularly with the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854 which allowed for popular sovereignty in those territories.
This Act was trying to allow new states to vote whether to be slave or free.
They thought that granting popular sovereignty would allow slavery
The overriding issue was slavery. The compromise included The Fugitive Slave Act and agreement to allow slavery within the borders of Missouri.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed people in certain areas to determine whether or not their territory would allow slavery
The Act was meant to allow the people of each state to decide.
They thought that granting popular sovereignty would allow slavery