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Q: How the idea of popular sovereignty relieved some of the tension created by the debate over slavery in the territories.?
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What was the result of Bleeding Kansas?

popular sovereignty was an unworkable solution for the territories of Kansas and Nebraska


What issue did Stephen A Douglas believe had a constitutional basis for its resolution?

Slave ownership in territories could be decided by popular sovereignty


What was the law that established popular sovereignty in new territories?

Kansas- Nebraska Act


Is popular sovereignty important to republic?

Popular sovereignty is important to a republic. The main principle of popular sovereignty is that the government is created by the people for the people.


What bill passed by congress which included the principle of popular sovereignty?

The Kansas-Nebraska of 1854 allowed the territories of Kansas and Nebrask to vote on whether to allow slavery, which is what "popular sovereignty" or "squatter sovereignty" meant.


What is the term for allowing people within the territories to decided on issues such as slavery?

Popular Sovereignty


What federal legislation brought the concept popular sovereignty to the territories?

Kansas Nebraska Act


The original advocate of organizing new territories on the basis of popular sovereignty was?

lewis cass


Whose theory of popular sovereignty reopened the issue of slavery in the territories?

Stephen Douglas


The proposal for popular sovereignty called for deciding the issue of slavery in the territories through?

A popular vote by the residents of each territory.


What act was proposed by Stephen Douglass and allowed popular sovereignty in the territories?

The Kansas-Nebraska Act


Which territories were able to choose by popular sovereignty whether or not to allow slavery?

New Mexico and Utah