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Lewis Cass proposed the idea of "popular sovereignty," which suggested that the residents of a territory should have the right to decide whether to allow slavery within their borders. This approach was aimed at resolving the contentious issue of slavery's expansion into new territories during the mid-19th century. His proposal was influential in the creation of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, which further intensified the national debate over slavery.

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