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In the compromise of 1850 and the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 popular sovereignty was proposed as a way to?
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'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.
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Which of the following was not one of the proposed solutions to slavery in the territories that dominated the debate from the late 1840s until 1861?
popular sovereignty
What is The Missouri Compromise versus popular sovereignty?
The Missouri Compromise stated that any new state that was below the 36-30 line on the map would be a slave state and any state above that line would be a free state. Popular sovereignty was used in years after 1850 in new states and this stated that the people of the state got to decide whether they wanted to be free or a slave state.
Admitted California as a free state opened SW territories to slavery by popular sovereignty and abolished slave trading in Washington D.C.?
what was the Admitted California as a free state opened SW territories to slavery by popular sovereignty and abolished slave trading in Washington dc? compromise of 1850
What is popular Sovereingty?
Stephan A. Douglas of Illinois proposed an act that would divide Nebraska into two territories and repealed the Missouri Compromise. Both territories would have Popular Sovereignty, or the ability of the territory to choose for itself to allow slavery or not.
What body has control when a society has popular sovereignty?
Popular sovereignty is the idea that government derives its power from the people.
Was popular sovereignty before the mossouri compromise?
No. It was after the Compromise of 1850 was failing to hold.
He proposed the idea of popular sovereignty for the us territories?
The person that proposed the idea was Senator StephenA. Douglas. He wanted to abandon the MKissouri Compromise and let the settlers in each territory vote on whether to allow slavery.
Repealed the Missouri compromise by instituting popular sovereignty?
Kansas-Nebraska Act
What does Douglas call the leading feature of the 1850 compromise?
He called it Popular Sovereignty
Who was the senator that proposed popular sovereignty as the solution to slavery's expansion?
Lewis Cass
Who proposed bringing popular sovereignty to Kansas?
Senator Stephen Douglas of Illinois.
Who was the senator that proposed popular sovereignty as the solution to slavery expansion?
Lewis Cass
Did the north like popular sovereignty?
No most northerners did not like popular sovereignty because it violated the Missouri compromise. The South was in favor of popular sovereignty because it allowed the people to decide if slavery would be allowed in a new territory.
Stephen Douglas proposed letting the people decide about slavery through?
popular sovereignty
Stephen A Douglas proposed letting the people decide about slavery through?
Popular Sovereignty
Who was the speakers is a supporter of popular sovereignty?
Stephen A. Douglas suggested dropping the Missouri compromise's ban on slavery. Instead, popular sovereignty (the vote of the residents) would decide the issue.
What act was proposed by Stephen Douglass and allowed popular sovereignty in the territories?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
