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They were part of the Missouri Compromise. The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, opened new lands, repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820, and allowed settlers in those territories to determine if they would allow slavery within their boundaries.

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popular sovereignty was an unworkable solution for the territories of Kansas and Nebraska


Where did the Kansas-Nebraska Act happen at?

In both Kansas and Nebraska, they were admitted states with popular sovereignty, which means the state chooses if it is a slave state or a free state.


In the compromise of 1850 and the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 popular sovereignty was proposed as a way to?

'Popular Sovereignty' was the term coined by Stephen Douglas for a local vote on slavery in each new state as it joined the Union. It was the basis of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which was first tested - disastrously - when Kansas was admitted as free soil. This followed the unsuccessful Compromise of 1850, which did not involve Popular Sovereignty.


What is a good sentence for Kansas Nebraska act?

The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 called for "popular sovereignty."


What right did states get through the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

popular sovereignty


Repealed the Missouri compromise by instituting popular sovereignty?

Kansas-Nebraska Act


What was the law that established popular sovereignty in new territories?

Kansas- Nebraska Act


What is the name of the legislation during Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854?

Popular Sovereignty


What bill passed by congress which included the principle of popular sovereignty?

The Kansas-Nebraska of 1854 allowed the territories of Kansas and Nebrask to vote on whether to allow slavery, which is what "popular sovereignty" or "squatter sovereignty" meant.


Where did many northerners go to after the passage of the Kansas-nebraska act?

To Kansas, to buy cheap properties, so that they could register as voters, and try to get Kansas admitted to the USA as free soil under the Popular Sovereignty (local voting) principle.


When was popular sovereignty?

Popular sovereignty was used before the Civil War to determine if the state wanted slavery or not. Nebraska and Kansas voted on these issues.


What federal legislation brought the concept popular sovereignty to the territories?

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