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In the Douglas stated that the people of a territory ultimately decided whether or not they wanted slavery?
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Believers in popular sovereignty proposed that the future of slavery in a territory should be decided by?
a territory's voters
What did Stephen Douglas call letting settlers in a territory vote on whether to allow slavery?
popular sovereignty
What did Douglas call letting settlers in a territory vote on whether to allow slavery?
to see if they where able to stay on the territory or if they had to move away and go somewhere else.
The doctrine that the issue of slavery should be decided by the residents of a territory themselves not by the federal government?
popular sovereignty
How would decisions about slavery be made under popular sovereignty?
Under popular sovereignty, decisions about slavery would be made by the settlers in a territory. There were different viewpoints about when the decision should be made; some felt the decision shouldn't be decided until a territory was approaching statehood, while others wanted it to be decided earlier.
Believers in popular sovereignty proposed that the future of slavery in a territory should be decided by?
a territory's voters
Why did Douglas believe that popular sovereinty would solve the problem of slavery in the nebraska territory?
because douglas was a believer
What did Stephen A Douglas think about slavery?
Stephen Douglas supported popular sovereignity, also called squatter sovereignity, which stated that each territory had the right to determine if they would accept slavery or not.
In what doctrine did Stephen Douglas say that a territory could prohibit slavery?
Freeport Doctrine
What did Stephen Douglas call letting settlers in a territory vote on whether to allow slavery?
popular sovereignty
What position did Douglas take during the Lincoln-Douglas debates?
Lincoln argued that it was wrong to decide whether to allow slavery in a state or territory by voting
How was the issue of slavery decided in the territory ceded by mexico-?
In 1848, the Democrats needed new guy, decided on General Lewis Cass, an 1812 veteran. Slavery was outlawed in the territories that was ceded by Mexico.
What was Stephen Douglas theory of popular sovereignty?
The people that live in a territory should choose whether to allow slavery or not
What did Douglas call letting settlers in a territory vote on whether to allow slavery?
to see if they where able to stay on the territory or if they had to move away and go somewhere else.
What position did Abraham Lincoln take on slavery during the Lincoln-Douglas debates?
Lincoln argued that it was wrong to decide whether to allow slavery in a state or territory by voting
The doctrine that the issue of slavery should be decided by the residents of a territory themselves not by the federal government.?
popular sovereignty
The doctrine that the issue of slavery should be decided by the residents of a territory themselves not by the federal government?
popular sovereignty
