Stephen A. Douglas first introduced a provision for popular sovereignty in the

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Stephen A. Douglas introduced popular sovereignty as a provision in the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854. The act organized the territories of Kansas and Nebraska and allowed settlers to decide for themselves whether to allow or prohibit slavery within their borders, rather than having it imposed by the federal government. This led to violent clashes between pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers in Kansas, known as "Bleeding Kansas."

Stephen A Douglas First Introduced a Provision for Popular Sovereignty in in the