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Did the north like popular sovereignty?
No most northerners did not like popular sovereignty because it violated the Missouri compromise. The South was in favor of popular sovereignty because it allowed the people to decide if slavery would be allowed in a new territory.
Why were popular sovereignty and limited government important to the Framers of the Constitution?
Popular sovereignty is the idea that the government is of the people... it means citizens are in power. Limited government stems from this idea... that government is their to protect the people and popular sovereignty (but limited government does not rule over the people like you would see in a dictatorship or a communist state.)
Why did the public like popular sovereignty?
Because it fit in with the democratic tradition of self-determination
What provision in the constitution ensure popular sovereignty?
The provision in the Constitution that ensures popular sovereignty is the Preamble, which begins with the phrase "We the People." This phrase emphasizes that the power of the government is derived from and granted by the people, establishing the principle of popular sovereignty.
What does popular sovereignty sovereignty?
popular sovereignty 1. - a doctrine in political theory that government is created by and subject to the will of the people.popular sovereignty 2. - a pre-Civil War doctrine asserting the right of the people living in a newly organized territory to decide by vote of their territorial legislature whether or not slavery would be permitted there
Why did popular sovereignty in fact lead to Bleeding Kansas instead of settling the issue of slavery in the Kansas-Nebraska territory?
Popular sovereignty allowed each territory to decide on the issue of slavery through a popular vote. This led to intense and violent conflicts like Bleeding Kansas because pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers flooded the territory to sway the vote in their favor, resulting in armed confrontations and confusion. The inability to peacefully settle the issue in Kansas-Nebraska demonstrated the limitations and flaws of popular sovereignty as a solution to the slavery debate.
Why did Gouglas believe that popular sovereignty would solve the problem of slavery in the Nebraska Territory?
He just thought it sounded like a fair voting system that would be acceptable to both sides - the will of the people. He didn't realize that in those thinly-populated territories, outsiders would move in and register as voters to try and swing the ballot.
How would the earth be like without plate tetonics?
ok how would the earth be like without plate tetonics
What would the world be like without technology?
like the would will be useless
What would the world be like without skateboarding?
The world would suck without skate boarding because without it what would be fun?
What would you look like without the sun?
you couldn't see without it and you would die in a matter of minutes without it
The president doesn't like the idea of a national health care plan but she supports the plan because most citizens prefer it. which constitutional principle does this scenario best illustrate?
POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY, apex yww
