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.
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Popular Sovereignty is a government in which the common people rule.
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He called it Popular Sovereignty
No. It was after the Compromise of 1850 was failing to hold.
'Popular Sovereignty' was the term coined by Stephen Douglas for a local vote on slavery in each new state as it joined the Union. It was the basis of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which was first tested - disastrously - when Kansas was admitted as free soil. This followed the unsuccessful Compromise of 1850, which did not involve Popular Sovereignty.
acceptance of popular sovereignty in the New Mexico and Utah territories
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Under the Compromise of 1850, the territories that were able to choose by popular sovereignty whether or not to allow slavery were New Mexico and Utah. This compromise aimed to address the contentious issue of slavery in newly acquired territories following the Mexican-American War. Kansas and Nebraska later also adopted popular sovereignty through the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, but they were not part of the Compromise of 1850 itself.
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