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A 3 page discussion of how popular sovereignty was so difficult to achieve in Kansas because of the issue of slavery. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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the idea of popular sovereignty was a well established political concept that preceded the US itself. The ideas of John Locke, however, perhaps best enunciated this concept in the
eighteenth century. Lockes concept of government by the people were eventually incorporated to a large part both in the eighteenth century society of his day and in the Declaration
of Independence and the Constitution of the United States. It entailed that the state exists because of, and is legitimized by, the people. The problem that arose in
this time period, of course, is that the people themselves were split in regard to their views on slavery. Those that supported slavery supported it in its every manifestation.
The abolitionist, in contrast, wanted it annihilated. The free soilers wanted to prevent its spread into the new regions into which the US was expanding.
Many events developed in the mid 1800s that enunciated the importance of popular sovereignty and the difficult that was inherent in achieving it. Under the precept of popular sovereignty
the people of Kansas allowed the state to govern them. This allowance, or consent, effected the rule of law. Under the concept of popular sovereignty issues such as
slavery were viewed as being justly determined by the people of Kansas themselves not by any outside forces or agreements. The inherent justness (or lack thereof) of state actions
being directed by the citizens themselves revolves around the rational choice theory, the theory that appropriate behavior is the result of social determination and that some thing such as right
and wrong are simply principles which are inherent in human nature. The intent of the Kansas-Nebraska Act was to allow the people themselves to decide whether or not to
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