Popular sovernty was related to slavery because before the civil war Stephen Douglas said that the states should have popular sovernty and what he meant was the states have a right to choose if they wanted to be a slave state or not. This nullified the Missouri compromise which said any state above Missouri would be a free state.
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Popular Sovereignty
what was the Admitted California as a free state opened SW territories to slavery by popular sovereignty and abolished slave trading in Washington dc? compromise of 1850
Settlers of some new territories were able to decide about slavery for themselves.
Abraham Lincoln did not believe in popular sovereignty, he thought slavery was morally wrong.
the sovereignty of each state, known as popular sovereignty
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.
This was a pretty much a vote on pro-slavery or anti-slavery.
Popular sovereignty is the term that means people could determine, through voting themselves, where to allow slavery in a territory. Another term used is sovereignty of the people.
Abraham Lincoln did not believe in popular sovereignty, he thought slavery was morally wrong.
Popular sovereignty was used before the Civil War to determine if the state wanted slavery or not. Nebraska and Kansas voted on these issues.
by allowing states to vote against it
Popular Sovereignty
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Popular sovereignty was well supported because it allowed the local citizens of a territory to decide if slavery was to be allowed or illegal. Stephen A. Douglas pushed for popular sovereignty during the 1840's.