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What was the law that established popular sovereignty in new territories?
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What law allowed popular sovereignty in several us territories?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854)
Organized as territories under douglas's controversial law of 1854 that left their decision on slavery up to popular sovereignty?
kansas and nebraska
What is the six major principles of government established in the constitution?
Popular Sovereignty, Checks and Balances, Federalism, Rule Of Law, Separation of Powers, and judicial reveiw
Fundamental law of the US is called what?
popular sovereignty
How did the 19th amendment further the constitution principle of popular sovereignty and the rule of the law?
It had nothing to do with popular sovereignty. It gave women the right to vote.
What is a synonym for popular sovereignty?
Voting is a word related to popular sovereignty. As an example of this in American history there is an antebellum law passed by the US Congress involving this term. In 1854, the US Congress passed the Kansas - Nebraska Act. At the time this was backed a leading US Senator, Stephen A. Douglas. The Act was given the tag of popular sovereignty as it allowed the citizens of both these then US Territories to vote whether the territories would be slave States or free States when they applied for Statehood in the United States.
Law that established western territories to become states?
Northwest ordinance
What is the correct word for law allowing the people of Kanses and Nebraska to decide whether they would allow slavery in their territory?
The correct term is the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which allowed residents in those territories to decide the issue of slavery through popular sovereignty.
What is the difference between parliamentary sovereignty and popular sovereignty?
* rule of law, * juditial review* ,quasi theological term, * natura law[divine law] * ,highest ann unlimited power* ,making law, constitutional limitation
What was the law that allowed voters to choose whether to allow slavery?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 allowed voters in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide whether to allow slavery through popular sovereignty. This overturned the Missouri Compromise of 1820, which prohibited slavery in territories north of a certain latitude.
The ideas that people within a state can and should determine a law within a state is?
popular sovereignty.
What law in 1854 was devoted the principle of popular sovereignty?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 called for the citizens of a territory to vote on the issue of slavery before they applied for statehood. The idea was termed popular sovereignty.
