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Under this idea voters in a territory could decide whether or not to allow slavery in their state?
popular sovereignty
How did the newly opened territory of kanasas become a battleground for the issue of slavery?
Congress allowed Kansas and Nebraska to determine for themselves whether they would be slave states or free states. It was called popular sovereignty.
Who would decide the issue of slavery in territories under the idea of popular sovereignty?
The voting public in each territory that came up for statehood.
What states did the Compromise of 1850 allow the people to decide whether or not they wanted slavery?
The Compromise of 1850 allowed California to be admitted to the Union as a free state on September 9, 1850. The Utah Territory and the New Mexico Territory were formed by the Compromise of 1850 and these two territories could permit or prohibit slavery as a local option (popular sovereignty).
Prior to the Civil War many people thought the issue of slavery should be based on popular sovereignty which meant that?
Prior to the Civil War, the concept of popular sovereignty suggested that the decision to allow or prohibit slavery in a territory should be made by the residents of that territory rather than imposed by Congress. This idea was intended to provide a democratic approach to the issue, allowing settlers to vote on the legality of slavery. However, it ultimately led to significant conflict and violence, particularly in places like Kansas, as pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions clashed over the issue. Ultimately, the reliance on popular sovereignty highlighted the deep divisions within the country regarding slavery.
Under popular sovereignty who decides whether slavery would be allowed in a territory?
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.
The concept that a territory should be allowed to decide wheather to have slavery was known as?
popular sovereignty
The concept that a territory should be allowed to decide whether to have slavery known as?
Popular sovereignty
Who will decide whether slavery would be allowed in a territory under popular sovereignty?
Under popular sovereignty, the decision on whether slavery would be allowed in a territory is typically made by the residents of that territory through a vote or referendum. This allows the people living in the area to determine the status of slavery based on majority rule.
Did the north like popular sovereignty?
No most northerners did not like popular sovereignty because it violated the Missouri compromise. The South was in favor of popular sovereignty because it allowed the people to decide if slavery would be allowed in a new territory.
Why was popular sovereignty so well-supported as a just and fair way to settle the slavery question?
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.
What idea was that Citizens of each new territory should be allowed to decide if they wanted to permit slavery?
Popular Sovereignty
What term means to vote for or against slavery in a territory?
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.
Why did popular sovereignty in fact lead to Bleeding Kansas instead of settling the issue of slavery in the Kansas-Nebraska territory?
Popular sovereignty allowed each territory to decide on the issue of slavery through a popular vote. This led to intense and violent conflicts like Bleeding Kansas because pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers flooded the territory to sway the vote in their favor, resulting in armed confrontations and confusion. The inability to peacefully settle the issue in Kansas-Nebraska demonstrated the limitations and flaws of popular sovereignty as a solution to the slavery debate.
People living in a territory had the right to decide by voting if slavery be allowed?
Popular sovereignty is the principle that residents of a territory have the right to decide whether slavery should be permitted through a direct vote. It was a compromise proposed as part of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 to settle the debate over the extension of slavery into new territories.
Believers in popular sovereignty proposed that the future of slavery in a territory should be decided by?
a territory's voters
What is the practice of allowing each territory to decide for itself whether or not to allow slavery?
the sovereignty of each state, known as popular sovereignty
