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A popular vote by the residents of each territory.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854)
The Kansas-Nebraska Act.
Popular sovereignty was the right of the residents of these territories to vote themselves on the issue of slavery (in this case). In the Compromise of 1850, the territories of New Mexico and Utah were granted popular sovereignty to decide for themselves if slavery should be allowed or not in these areas.
acceptance of popular sovereignty in the New Mexico and Utah territories
popular sovereignty was an unworkable solution for the territories of Kansas and Nebraska
Slave ownership in territories could be decided by popular sovereignty
Kansas- Nebraska Act
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.
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.
Popular Sovereignty
Kansas Nebraska Act
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Stephen Douglas
A popular vote by the residents of each territory.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
New Mexico and Utah