He felt that if congress couldn't solve the slavery issue, than the people could. However, the people, like John Brown, went to far, and (with his little army) ended up killing about 200 people who were in favor of slavery.
He felt that if congress couldn't solve the slavery issue, than the people could. However, the people, like John Brown, went to far, and (with his little army) ended up killing about 200 people who were in favor of slavery.
popular sovereignty allows for the people to choose where they stand on the subject and Frederick believed that the people would vote for no slavery
created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, opening new lands for settlement, and had the effect of repealing the Missouri Compromise of 1820 by allowing settlers in those territories to determine through Popular Sovereignty if they would allow slavery within each territory.
The solution was, to divide Clay's plan into a series of measures that Congress could vote on separately
Slave ownership in territories could be decided by popular sovereignty
I believe it belonged to the Southwest territory.
because douglas was a believer
popular sovereignty allows for the people to choose where they stand on the subject and Frederick believed that the people would vote for no slavery
Stephen Douglas believed in the doctrine of popular sovereignty, which allowed residents of new territories to decide for themselves whether to allow slavery. He played a key role in the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which applied popular sovereignty to the Kansas and Nebraska territories. Douglas argued that this approach would help preserve national unity by defusing tensions over slavery.
Stephen A. Douglas believed in popular sovereignty.
He felt that if congress couldn't solve the slavery issue, than the people could. However, the people, like John Brown, went to far, and (with his little army) ended up killing about 200 people who were in favor of slavery.
Through popular sovereignty
created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, opening new lands for settlement, and had the effect of repealing the Missouri Compromise of 1820 by allowing settlers in those territories to determine through Popular Sovereignty if they would allow slavery within each territory.
I believe it is sovereignty.
The solution was, to divide Clay's plan into a series of measures that Congress could vote on separately
Slave ownership in territories could be decided by popular sovereignty
He just thought it sounded like a fair voting system that would be acceptable to both sides - the will of the people. He didn't realize that in those thinly-populated territories, outsiders would move in and register as voters to try and swing the ballot.
Slave ownership in territories could be decided by popular sovereignty