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The proposal for popular sovereignty called for deciding the issue of slavery in the territories through?
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A popular vote by the residents of each territory.
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What law allowed popular sovereignty in several us territories?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854)
What act led to popular sovereignty to decide the issue of slavery in the new territories?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act.
What is popular sovereignty and how did it affect territories becoming states?
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.
The South's main concession to the North in the Compromise of 1850 was?
acceptance of popular sovereignty in the New Mexico and Utah territories
What issue did Stephen Douglas believe had a constitutional basis for it's resolution?
Slave ownership in territories could be decided by popular sovereignty
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
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
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
What law allowed popular sovereignty in several us territories?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854)
What was the notion that people should be able to vote on the matter of slavery in the territories called?
The notion that people should be able to vote on the matter of slavery in the territories was called popular sovereignty. Popular sovereignty is a doctrine rooted in the belief that every human being is sovereign.
