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.
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854)
The Kansas-Nebraska Act.
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popular sovereignty was an unworkable solution for the territories of Kansas and Nebraska
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.
'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.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 called for "popular sovereignty."
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
Kansas- Nebraska Act
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.
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.
Popular sovereignty was used before the Civil War to determine if the state wanted slavery or not. Nebraska and Kansas voted on these issues.
Kansas Nebraska Act