Lewis D. Campbell staged a filibuster of this legislation called the "ham sandwich speech" because he constantly ate food as he spoke, until he was nearly attacked by Henry Edmundson.
Lewis D. Campbell staged a filibuster of this legislation called the "ham sandwich speech" because he constantly ate food as he spoke, until he was nearly attacked by Henry Edmundson. A fourteenth section was added to this legislation to meet the demands of a group of politicians named for the house where they all resided during the negotiations, the "F-Street Mess." In response to this legislation, Eli Thayer convinced a group of businessmen to form the Emigrant Aid Company. Another response to this bill was a propaganda piece in the Cincinnati Gazette called the "Appeal of the Independent Democrats," signed by men like Joshua Giddings. This bill's passage led to the distribution of "Beecher's Bibles" and was denounced in the "Peoria Speech." This act's sponsor later endorsed its principles in the Freeport Doctrine. For 10 points, name this 1854 act sponsored by Stephen Douglas that endorsed popular sovereignty in the two namesake territories.
Lewis D. Campbell staged a filibuster of this legislation called the "ham sandwich speech" because he constantly ate food as he spoke, until he was nearly attacked by Henry Edmundson.
Kansas-Nebraska Act [or just the Nebraska Bill]