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After the passing of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, Stephen Douglas stated: “The struggle for freedom was forever banished from the halls of Congress to the Western Plains.” Explain what he meant by this and then restate his sentiment in your own words.

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Answer:

This quote meant that it would be the people, and not Congress, who would settle the issue of slavery. At the time, Douglas understood that Congress wasn´t able to manage the conflicts in the West, so this bill came as a solution during that time.

Explanation:

The Kansas-Nebraska Act, introduced by Senator Stephen Douglas in January 1854, split the land west of Missouri into Kansas and Nebraska, leaving to popular sovereignty whether or not slavery would be legal.

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