a territory's voters
popular sovereignty
to see if they where able to stay on the territory or if they had to move away and go somewhere else.
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.
a territory's voters
because douglas was a believer
Stephen Douglas proposed the idea of popular sovereignty, allowing the residents of each territory to decide for themselves whether to allow slavery or not. He believed this would help diffuse tensions over the issue and avoid it becoming a national controversy. However, this approach ultimately did not succeed in resolving the conflict over slavery.
Freeport Doctrine
The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 allowed the residents of those territories to determine through popular sovereignty whether they would allow slavery. This led to violent conflicts and the "Bleeding Kansas" period as pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions fought for control. Ultimately, the outcome of these conflicts influenced the larger debate over slavery leading up to the Civil War.
Lincoln argued that it was wrong to decide whether to allow slavery in a state or territory by voting
popular sovereignty
The issue of slavery in the territory ceded by Mexico was decided by the Compromise of 1850, which allowed residents to determine whether to allow slavery through popular sovereignty. This meant that the territories of New Mexico and California could decide on the slavery issue for themselves when applying for statehood.
The people that live in a territory should choose whether to allow slavery or not
to see if they where able to stay on the territory or if they had to move away and go somewhere else.
Lincoln argued that it was wrong to decide whether to allow slavery in a state or territory by voting
popular sovereignty