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What did Stephen Douglas call letting settlers in a territory vote on whether to allow slavery?
popular sovereignty
What presidential candidate in 1860 wanted to avoid controversy over slavery?
Stephan A. Douglas , Democrat, was probably the most flexible on the slavery question. He proposed popular sovereignty -- letting the people of a state or territory decide by an election whether of not to allow slavery in their state.
What Stephen adouglas proposed letting the people decide about slavery through?
Douglas proposed that the people within each new territory should decide the slavery question for themselves without regard to the rest of the country, known as Popular Sovereignty.
In the Douglas stated that the people of a territory ultimately decided whether or not they wanted slavery?
freeport doctrine
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.
What did Stephen Douglas call letting settlers in a territory vote on whether to allow slavery?
popular sovereignty
How was the issue of slavery to be decide in Nebraska and Kansas?
In 1854 , Senator Stephen A. Douglas prosposed a bill that would divide the Nebraska territory into two terriotories - Nebraska and Kansas .
How did Stephen Douglas want to settle the crisis of slavery?
Stephen Douglas proposed the idea of popular sovereignty, allowing territories to vote on whether to allow slavery. He believed this would settle the issue by letting the people in each territory decide for themselves.
What did Stephen a Douglas propose letting the people decide about slavery?
popular sovereignty
What presidential candidate in 1860 wanted to avoid controversy over slavery?
Stephan A. Douglas , Democrat, was probably the most flexible on the slavery question. He proposed popular sovereignty -- letting the people of a state or territory decide by an election whether of not to allow slavery in their state.
What was the settlement of the Louisiana territory?
Settlers in the territory wanted the same approach to slavery as in the states they came from.
What Stephen adouglas proposed letting the people decide about slavery through?
Douglas proposed that the people within each new territory should decide the slavery question for themselves without regard to the rest of the country, known as Popular Sovereignty.
Stephen A Douglas proposed letting the people decide about slavery through?
Popular Sovereignty
Stephen Douglas proposed letting the people decide about slavery through?
popular sovereignty
What is the principle of sovereignty?
settlers would determine whether a territory would have slavery.
Why did Douglas believe that popular sovereinty would solve the problem of slavery in the nebraska territory?
because douglas was a believer
Which law made the expansion of slavery in western states possible?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 allowed for popular sovereignty (letting settlers in a territory decide the slavery issue) in the western territories, which led to increased tensions and the expansion of slavery in those areas.
