In 1854, Senator Stephen Douglas of Illinois introduced the Kansas-Nebraska Act which would allow the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide on the issue of slavery by popular sovereignty. Douglas proposed this bill as a compromise so that he would get support from Southerners on which issue?

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It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders. Short answer. Kansas and Nebraska were allowed to decide whether they wanted to have a slave state or not. Hope this helps! 

the answer is the construction of the transcontinental road