For expanding nations.
He proposed a bill that divided the land west of Missouri into two territories, Kansas and Nebraska.
Douglas was trying to work out a plan for the nation to expand that both the North and South would accept. This was the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854. But the concept of popular sovereignty led to armed conflict over the issue of slavery in Kansas.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, proposed by Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois, in effect repealed the Missouri Compromise because it allowed the settlers in these two areas to decide whether or not to allow slavery. Since these territories were located north Missouri, they gave southern slaveholders an opportunity that had been closed to them since 1820.
Stephan A. Douglas proposed the Kansas Nebraska Act in 1854.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 was proposed by Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois, in order to create the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, and to ensure that future settlers in those territories would have the authority to determine whether slavery would be permitted with these territories.
For expanding nations.
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He proposed a bill that divided the land west of Missouri into two territories, Kansas and Nebraska.
Stephen Douglas was eager to develop west of his home from Illionois. As a result, he suggested to form two new territories : Kansas and Nebraska. However, many Southerners rejected the idea because under the Missouri Compromise, the territories would be admitted as free states. Douglas then proposed that the upcoming territories would be decided by popular sovereignty, earning the South's favor and thus, removing the Missouri Compromise.
Stephen A. Douglas
In 1854, Senator Stephen Douglas wanted an intercontinental railroad connecting Chicago to the western territories. The railroad would be north of the 36º30' line designated as the territories to be free of slavery according to the Missouri Compromise of 1850 and thus make Nebraska a free state. The Southern states objected to this for they felt that states rights should hold true and it should be up to the population of Nebraska to decide. Douglas relented as the Kansas-Nebraska Act came into being. It stated the peoples of Nebraska, Kansas, New Mexico, and Utah territories would decided to become a free state or a slavery state, thus nullifying the Missouri Compromise.
Stephon A. Douglas
Stephon A. Douglas
Stephon A. Douglas
He created it to turn the rest of the Louisiana Purchase into two territories-Kansas and Nebraska. This would remove the Missouri Compromise and the popular sovereignty (people that lived there) would choose whether or not to have slavery.
(Stephen A. Douglas)
Douglas wanted to abandon the Missouri Compromise because he wanted to put in place his own Kansas- Nebraska Act. This act would expand railroads and allow territories to choose for themselves if they wanted to be free or slave states.