John C. Calhoun.
It did that. The issue could not be ducked by a Congressman. All had to vote in favor of, or opposed to slavery.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 was proposed by Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois, in order to create the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, and to ensure that future settlers in those territories would have the authority to determine whether slavery would be permitted with these territories.
In 1854, Senator Stephen Douglas of Illinois proposed a bill to organize the Territory of Nebraska, a vast area of land that would become Kansas, Nebraska, Montana and the Dakotas. Known as the Kansas-Nebraska Act, the controversial bill raised the possibility that slavery could be extended into territories where it had once been banned.
The Kansas-Nebraska act was proposed by Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois. The act repealed the Missouri Compromise and allowed white males to vote on whether an area would allow slavery.
Stephan A. Douglas proposed the Kansas Nebraska Act in 1854.
The person that proposed the idea was Senator StephenA. Douglas. He wanted to abandon the MKissouri Compromise and let the settlers in each territory vote on whether to allow slavery.
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Henry Clay
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Lewis Cass
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David Wilmot
Senator William Seward's doctrine, known as the "Higher Law" doctrine, argued that slavery should be excluded from the territories because it violated a moral law that was higher than the Constitution. He believed that moral principles were more important than legal statutes and that slavery could not be justified under any circumstances.
It is the principle of Higher Law.
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John C. Calhoun