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The concept that a territory should be allowed to decide whether to have slavery known as?
Popular sovereignty
What act in essence repealed the Missouri Compromise by allowing popular sovereignty in territories that had been legally closed to slavery?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 essentially repealed the Missouri Compromise (1820) by allowing new states to determine whether slavery would be allowed there or not.
Where did slavery exist in the US in 1820?
In 1820, politicians debated the question of whether slavery would be legal in the western territories. The Missouri Compromise permitted slavery in the new state of Missouri and the Arkansas Territory but it was barred everywhere west and north of Missouri.
During the period from 1820-1860 what was the chief question raised in Congress when a territory applied for statehood?
I want to say the big question was whether or not the state was anti-slavery or not. It was always about maintaining the balance. For every anti-slavery state there would have to be an arrangement to have a pro-slavery state.
What was the main issue debated by Lincoln and Douglas?
Whether or not slavery should expand into new territories. Lincoln and Douglas did NOT debate on whether or not to *end* slavery, just whether it should be allowed in the new territories and states being accepted into the U.S. Lincoln, as a member of the Free Soil party, thought that slavery shouldn't be expanded, while Douglass believed it should.
