Naram-Sin
Just learned about this in Art History.
Popular sovereignty
Popular Sovereignty is extremely important to the people of America due to the issues the lack of it had before, with the British monarchy. The concept of popular sovereignty claims that the power that government holds is only maintained by the people's consent.
The United States Constitution is based on the concept of popular sovereignty, which means rule by the people. The first three words of the Constitution---”We, the people”---imply popular sovereignty. Article 7 of the Constitution requires that nine states (the people of those states via the ballot box and representatives) approve (ratify) the new Constitution before it goes into effect. Article 5 of the Constitution provides for ways to amend the Constitution. Amendments are made through elected representatives of the people, another form of popular sovereignty. Article 1 creates the legislative branch and requires that representatives to Congress are elected by the people that are being represented. Thus, the concept of popular sovereignty is implied in all three Articles.
It allowed for the states to decided on their own whether or not to become slave states or free states.
Kansas and Nebraska. The concept was that one would become a free state and the other a slave state, to maintain the senatorial balance. But the concept of popular sovereignty led to armed conficts in Kansas.
Austin
state is a political concept while nation is an ethnic concept.
Yes, the concept of consumer sovereignty refers to situations in which consumers are represented on the Board of Directors of large corporations.
the u.s. constitution is based on the concept of?
popular sovereignty
yes
popular sovereignty
Dual sovereignty
The concept of popular sovereignty was introduced by the 1854 Kansas Nebraska Act. The term did not apply to any particular law or concept that was related to slavery. The term was coined by Illinois Senator Stephen A. Douglas.
Popular sovereignty is the concept of government based on the consent of the people. It is expressed in the Preamble and Articles 1, 5, and 7.
Kansas Nebraska Act
popular sovereignty