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Popular sovereignty allows territories to determine their own governance and laws through the will of the people. This principle empowers residents to decide on critical issues, such as whether to permit slavery or establish a specific form of government. It emphasizes the idea that the authority of the government is derived from the consent of the governed. Ultimately, it grants territories the autonomy to shape their political and social structures according to the preferences of their inhabitants.
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What was the result of Bleeding Kansas?
popular sovereignty was an unworkable solution for the territories of Kansas and Nebraska
Which territories were able to choose by popular sovereignty whether or not to allow slavery?
New Mexico and Utah
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 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.
Why did southerners support the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
They thought that granting popular sovereignty would allow slavery
What does popular sovereignty mean in regards to the spread of slavery into territories?
Popular sovereignty is the idea that the residents of a territory should have the right to decide for themselves whether to allow slavery. This concept was influential in the debate over the spread of slavery into new territories during the mid-19th century in the United States, particularly with the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854 which allowed for popular sovereignty in those territories.
Stephen Douglas staunchly believed that the slavery question in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska should be resolved by?
popular sovereignty, allowing the residents of the territories to vote on whether to allow slavery or not. He argued that this approach would uphold the principles of democracy and states' rights, allowing each territory to determine its own stance on the issue.
What is the practice of allowing each territory to decide for itself whether or not to allow slavery?
the sovereignty of each state, known as popular sovereignty
What was the law that established popular sovereignty in new territories?
Kansas- Nebraska Act
What federal legislation brought the concept popular sovereignty to the territories?
Kansas Nebraska Act
Whose theory of popular sovereignty reopened the issue of slavery in the territories?
Stephen Douglas
The original advocate of organizing new territories on the basis of popular sovereignty was?
lewis cass
