Cause he farted
Senator Douglas thought that a local vote - or 'popular sovereignty' - would be a better way of deciding for or against slavery in the new States.
Henry Clay
Douglas wanted to abandon the Missouri Compromise because he wanted to put in place his own Kansas- Nebraska Act. This act would expand railroads and allow territories to choose for themselves if they wanted to be free or slave states.
He proposed the Missouri Compromise of 1820.
Missouri would be admitted to the union as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
For expanding nations.
For expanding nations.
He proposed a bill that divided the land west of Missouri into two territories, Kansas and Nebraska.
Roger Sherman
good thing
She will propose a new plan to the board at the meeting.
The everyday citizens of Missouri propose the amendments by appealing to their representatives of congress.