SECTIONAL CRISIS 1850 1861
DRED SCOTT
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constitutional amendment
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popular sovereignty
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state legislatures
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federal courts
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Detailed explanation-1: -In January 1854, Senator Stephen Douglas of Illinois introduced a bill that divided the land immediately west of Missouri into two territories, Kansas and Nebraska. He argued in favor of popular sovereignty, or the idea that the settlers of the new territories should decide if slavery would be legal there.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed the Missouri Compromise, created two new territories, and allowed for popular sovereignty. It also produced a violent uprising known as “Bleeding Kansas, ” as proslavery and antislavery activists flooded into the territories to sway the vote.
Detailed explanation-3: -Settlers in each territory would vote on the issue of whether to permit slavery or not, according to the principle of popular sovereignty.