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Douglas knew that the southerners would not want another free state in the union, so he proposed the territory be divided into 2. the people of each territory would then vote to decide on the big issues, such as slavery. the north was unhappy because the new act would not repeal the Missouri compromise (which said that it was slave), but the south was happy because it all seemed fair to them.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 12y agoOne cause was expanding settlement of the west. Another cause was the need of the transcontinental railroad and the desire of northerners to have that railroad run through the North.
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∙ 14y agoIt was an attempt to let individual states vote whether to join the USA as slave-states or free soil.
This sounded reasonable, but in fact it led to intimidation and bloodshed.
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