A popular vote by the residents of each territory.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854)
The Kansas-Nebraska Act.
Popular sovereignty was the right of the residents of these territories to vote themselves on the issue of slavery (in this case). In the Compromise of 1850, the territories of New Mexico and Utah were granted popular sovereignty to decide for themselves if slavery should be allowed or not in these areas.
acceptance of popular sovereignty in the New Mexico and Utah territories
Slave ownership in territories could be decided by popular sovereignty
popular sovereignty was an unworkable solution for the territories of Kansas and Nebraska
Slave ownership in territories could be decided by popular sovereignty
Kansas- Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska of 1854 allowed the territories of Kansas and Nebrask to vote on whether to allow slavery, which is what "popular sovereignty" or "squatter sovereignty" meant.
Kansas Nebraska Act
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Popular Sovereignty
Popular sovereignty is the idea that the residents of a territory should have the right to decide for themselves whether to allow slavery. This concept was influential in the debate over the spread of slavery into new territories during the mid-19th century in the United States, particularly with the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854 which allowed for popular sovereignty in those territories.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854)
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
New Mexico and Utah