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Neh: Edsit Ement: The Kansas Nebraska Act of 1854

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An exploration of how the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 impacted the debate between free and slave states, and the precarious political equilibrium. It looks at how Stephen Douglas tried to avoid a national conflict in the debate over slavery by asserting that the territories should be allowed to decide the slavery issue for themselves.

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Concepts
popular sovereignty
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Additional Tags
debates over slavery, free states, slave states, slavery debate, edsitement, kansas-nebraska act, kansas-nebraska act of 1854, missouri compromise of 1820, popular sovereignty and the political polarization over slavery, stephen a. douglas, stephen douglas, kansas-nebraska act, 1854
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Classroom Considerations
  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)