Stephen Arnold Douglas
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Douglas strongly advocated for western expansion. His goal of unimpeded settler colonialism westward was hampered by debates over slavery. Introducing the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854, he cried from the Senate floor, \u00e2\u0080\u009cYou cannot fix bounds to the onward march of this great and growing country. You cannot fetter the limbs of the young giant.\u00e2\u0080\u009d"}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "Hoping to quell controversy, Douglas developed the theory of \u00e2\u0080\u009cpopular sovereignty,\u00e2\u0080\u009d which permitted settlers to decide for themselves, by vote, the status of slavery in new western territories. Under pressure from Southern democrats, Douglas included a provision to repeal the 1820 Missouri Compromise, which outlawed slavery from the region. Kansas exploded into proslavery and antislavery factional fighting and violence, precipitating the Civil War. Douglas lost the 1860 presidential election to Abraham Lincoln."}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "Nacido en Brandon, Vermont"}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "Stephen A. Douglas, senador de Illinois, fue una de las figuras m\u00c3\u00a1s poderosas y pol\u00c3\u00a9micas del siglo XIX, ferviente promotor de la expansi\u00c3\u00b3n hacia el oeste. Su meta principal era facilitar la libre colonizaci\u00c3\u00b3n de aquellas tierras, pero ten\u00c3\u00ada el obst\u00c3\u00a1culo del debate sobre la esclavitud. Al presentar la Ley de Kansas-Nebraska en 1854, proclam\u00c3\u00b3 en el Senado: \u00e2\u0080\u009cNo se puede fijar l\u00c3\u00admites al avance de este gran pa\u00c3\u00ads en crecimiento. No se puede encadenar a este joven gigante\u00e2\u0080\u009d."}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "Esperando acallar la controversia, Douglas desarroll\u00c3\u00b3 la teor\u00c3\u00ada de la \u00e2\u0080\u009csoberan\u00c3\u00ada popular\u00e2\u0080\u009d, que permit\u00c3\u00ada a los colonos decidir ellos mismos, por voto, la cuesti\u00c3\u00b3n de la esclavitud en los nuevos territorios. Presionado por los dem\u00c3\u00b3cratas sure\u00c3\u00b1os, incluy\u00c3\u00b3 una cl\u00c3\u00a1usula que revocaba el Compromiso de Misuri de 1820, el cual prohib\u00c3\u00ada la esclavitud en la regi\u00c3\u00b3n. Kansas explot\u00c3\u00b3 en violencia entre facciones en pro y en contra de la esclavitud, precipitando la Guerra Civil. 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