Story highlights. (CNN)Mixed martial arts fighter Kimbo Slice died Monday, according to the MMA organization that represented him. He was 42 years old. One of the most popular MMA fighters ever, Kimbo was a charismatic, larger-than-life personality that transcended the sport.
In 1878, a constitutional amendment was proposed that provided The right of citizens to vote shall not be abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.. This same amendment would be introduced in every session of Congress for the next 41 years. In July 1890, the Territory of Wyoming, which allowed women to vote, was admitted as a state. Wyoming became the first state with women suffrage. By 1900, Utah, Colorado, and Idaho joined Wyoming in allowing women to vote. In 1912, Theodore Roosevelt's Progressive (Bull Moose) Party became the first national political party to have a plank supporting women suffrage.
The KansasâNebraska Act of 1854 called for popular sovereignty âthat is, the decision about slavery was to be made by the settlers (rather than outsiders).It would be decided by votesâor more exactly which side had more votes counted by officials.hrough the Missouri Compromise of 1820, Congress kept a tenuous balance of political power between North and South. In May 1854, the KansasâNebraska Act created from unorganized Indian lands the territories of Kansas and Nebraska.