Interpreting Popular Sovereignty A Historiographical Essay.
In: Civil War History, Jg. 57 (2011-03-01), Heft 1, S. 48-70
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An essay is presented on popular sovereignty and examines how this concept played a role in the debate of states' rights in the U.S. from the American Revolutionary War through the American Civil War. It explores how differences in the interpretation of the relationship between slavery and popular sovereignty by citizens in Northern and Southern states led to the dissolution of the Union in 1861 and discusses how Michigan senator Lewis Cass and Illinois senator Stephen A. Douglas played a role in promoting the doctrine of popular sovereignty during westward expansion in the 19th century. Other topics which are explored include the Kansas-Nebraska Act, the Dred Scott v. Sandford U.S. Supreme Court case, and the Wilmot Proviso.
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Interpreting Popular Sovereignty A Historiographical Essay.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | CHILDERS, CHRISTOPHER |
Zeitschrift: | Civil War History, Jg. 57 (2011-03-01), Heft 1, S. 48-70 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2011 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 0009-8078 (print) |
DOI: | 10.1353/cwh.2011.0009 |
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