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title: "Why did Stephen Douglas's idea of popular sovereignty fail to bring unity to American's views on slavery?"  
description: "Why did Stephen Douglas's idea of popular sovereignty fail to bring unity to American's views on slavery?"  
author: "Howard fuller"  
published: 2018-05-12  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/42205/why-did-stephen-douglas-s-idea-of-popular-sovereignty-fail-to-bring-unity-to-american-s-views-on-slavery  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Why did Stephen Douglas's idea of popular sovereignty fail to bring unity to American's views on slavery?

Why did [Stephen Douglas](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41501/how-did-stephen-douglas-help-win-approval-of-the-compromise-of-1850)'s idea of popular sovereignty fail to bring unity to [American](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41823/how-much-did-the-vietnam-war-cost-american-taxpayers)'s views on slavery?\
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