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Stephen Douglas attempted to resolve the impasse over the extension or abolition of slavery by proposing the idea of popular sovereignty, where residents of each state or territory would decide the issue for themselves through popular vote or legislation. This approach was embodied in the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, but ultimately failed to ease tensions and instead sparked violence in the region.

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