Question

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

Answer 1

The status of slavery in the territory would be determined by the voters in the territory,.

Answer 2

Because Even in the north, though the northerners did not like slavery, that did not mean that they thought that blacks were equall to whites, or that they had the capacity to vote. If the people voted for something, then everybody would just move to that state to vote on an issue