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This man had "political cleverness, oratorical skill, and personal drive" which apparently how he got his name, the "Little Giant" and it also was because he was 5'4. I find Stephen Douglas to be very interesting in this chapter because he was a big part of the Compromise of 1850. He was a big part because he led it to victory as well as the Nebraska-Kansas Act which is technically the same thing. He did this by, well besides the obvious of him being the Senator of Illinois but he did by splitting the omnibus proposal which is //a// document that is accepted into a single vote by legislature but contains several different subjects, into separate bills so congressmen could vote on different ones. They all eventually passed and Fillmore had signed them. So in conclusion, the compromise let Congress avoid the problems of slavery for many years. __Citations:__ Picture - "Google Images." //Google Images//. Web. 17 Sept. 2015.

Information: - "Compromise of 1850." //History.com //. A&E Television Networks, 2009. Web. 17 Sept. 2015. - "Omnibus Bill." //Wikipedia//. Wikimedia Foundation. Web. 17 Sept. 2015.

- Danzer, Gerald A. The Americans. Evanston, IL: McDougal Littell/Houghton Mifflin, 1998. Print.