A political cartoon in opposition to this bill depicted its author charming snakes, one of which is labeled "South America".
A political cartoon in opposition to this bill depicted its author charming snakes, one of which is labeled "South America". Joshua Giddings and Salmon P. Chase argued against this law in their "Appeal of the Independent Democrats in Congress to the People of the United States." This bill advocated concepts attributed to Lewis Cass, and the debate over it destroyed the(*) Whig Party. Sponsored by Stephen Douglass, for 10 points, identify this piece of legislation that opened all U.S. territories to "Popular Sovereignty" and caused one of its namesakes to become "Bleeding."
A political cartoon in opposition to this bill depicted its author charming snakes, one of which is labeled "South America".
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