Douglas's bill in effect repealed the Missouri Compromise by lifting the ban against slavery in territories north of the 36°30′ latitude. In place of the ban, Douglas offered popular sovereignty, the doctrine that the actual settlers in the territories and not Congress should decide the fate of slavery in their midst.
The cause of the american revolution was “no taxation without representation”. Short term effects was financial loss, a long term effect was the revolutionary war led to independence
A caste system is a class structure that is determined by birth. Loosely, it means that in some societies, if your parents are poor, you're going to be poor, too. ... America prides itself on not having a caste system, because people can “pull themselves up by their bootstraps,” and janitors can go to Harvard.