This act became problematic when popular sovereignty was written into the proposal so that votes of the moment would decide whether Slavery would be allowed. The result was that pro-anti Slavery elemets flooded into Kansas with the goal of voting Slavery up or down, this leading to a bloody Civl War.
Senator Douglas hoped popular soverignty would enable democracy to triumph so he would not have to take a side on Slavery. A wave of indignation eurpted across the North, opponents denounced the law as a trumph for Slave power, and the rich Slaveowner. The new Repulican Party was created to oppose the Act.
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