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popular sovereignty
Dred Scott v. Sanford
popular sovereignty
The Kansas-Nebraska Act, promoted by Stephen Douglass.
Under popular sovereignty, decisions about slavery would be made by the settlers in a territory. There were different viewpoints about when the decision should be made; some felt the decision shouldn't be decided until a territory was approaching statehood, while others wanted it to be decided earlier.
Kansas-Nebraska Act, allowing each new state to vote whether to be slave or free ('Popular Sovereignty').
popular sovereignty
Popular sovereignty is the principle that the authority of a government is created and sustained by the consent of its people. In a sentence: "According to the concept of popular sovereignty, the power of the government comes from the people themselves, who elect their leaders to represent their interests."
popular sovereignty
Dred Scott v. Sanford
Dred Scott v. Sanford
popular sovereignty
Utah and New Mexico
Utah and New Mexico
The Kansas-Nebraska Act, promoted by Stephen Douglass.
Under popular sovereignty, decisions about slavery would be made by the settlers in a territory. There were different viewpoints about when the decision should be made; some felt the decision shouldn't be decided until a territory was approaching statehood, while others wanted it to be decided earlier.
Under popular sovereignty, the residents of the territory would ultimately decide whether slavery would be allowed. This principle meant that the people living in a particular territory would determine their own laws and institutions, including the decision on the legality of slavery.