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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.

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Popular Sovereignty= "Let the people decide." The concept that the people of their own territory should get to decide weather they entered the union as a free or slave state.

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How was "popular sovereignty" appealing as a solution to the emotional debate about the future of slavery in the United States?

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