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Steve M. is kinda late

1. B - He would not have welcomed immigrants if he was a know-nothing.

1. B - He would not have welcomed immigrants if he was a know-nothing.

I'm glad the War happened. If it were not for Stephen Douglas and the Kansas-Nebraska Act, the war would have been years later. The Missouri compromise could not have lasted forever, maybe about the time mustard gas comes into use, that would be the time for a Civil War.  

I'm glad the War happened. If it were not for Stephen Douglas and the Kansas-Nebraska Act, the war would have been years later. The Missouri compromise could not have lasted forever, maybe about the time mustard gas comes into use, that would be the time for a Civil War.  

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H2. The Compromise of 1850 allowed the slave owners to bring their slaves with them when they traveled west, slavery expanded to the southwestern states. :( It also gave the republican party the state of California. :) But it tightened slave laws: now slaves who ran away to the north could be caught and brought back. :( It stopped the slave trade in D.C., :) but slavery in the city was allowed to continue. :( As usual in a good compromise, everybody loses.

H3. Lincoln was clever. He made Douglas define his ideas, including Popular Sovereignty. Douglas had to specify that ''if'' a state voted to abolish slavery, they could abolish it, even a slave state. At that point the slave holders began to think that the Missouri Compromise was not such a bad idea after all. At least with that, they were guaranteed to be able to own slaves below the 34 30' line. With the Freeport Doctrine there was no sure thing, every state was different.

H3. Lincoln was clever. He made Douglas define his ideas, including Popular Sovereignty. Douglas had to specify that ''if'' a state voted to abolish slavery, they could abolish it, even a slave state. At that point the slave holders began to think that the Missouri Compromise was not such a bad idea after all. At least with that, they were guaranteed to be able to own slaves below the 34 30' line. With the Freeport Doctrine there was no sure thing, every state was different.