popular sovereignty doctrine
GPTKB entity
Statements (18)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:political_doctrine
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| gptkbp:alsoKnownAs |
squatter sovereignty
|
| gptkbp:appliesTo |
gptkb:19th_century
United States history |
| gptkbp:associatedWith |
gptkb:Compromise_of_1850
gptkb:Kansas-Nebraska_Act |
| gptkbp:defines |
The idea that the people of a territory should decide for themselves whether to allow slavery.
|
| gptkbp:influenced |
gptkb:Bleeding_Kansas
|
| gptkbp:opposedBy |
gptkb:Abolitionists
Pro-slavery advocates |
| gptkbp:proposedBy |
gptkb:Lewis_Cass
|
| gptkbp:relatedTo |
slavery in the United States
territorial expansion states' rights |
| gptkbp:supportedBy |
gptkb:Stephen_A._Douglas
|
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Lewis_Cass
|
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
5
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
popular sovereignty doctrine
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