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the sovereignty of each state, known as popular sovereignty
Popular Sovereignty
In each of them the people were recognized as the sole source of authority for government.
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.
Popular sovereignty is when a majority vote within a region or state determines its policies. The Kansas-Nebraska act of 1854 allowed popular sovereignty to decide whether a territory was to be a free state or a slave state.
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Popular Sovereignty is extremely important to the people of America due to the issues the lack of it had before, with the British monarchy. The concept of popular sovereignty claims that the power that government holds is only maintained by the people's consent.
Popular Sovereignty
popular sovereignty
popular sovereignty
Popular sovereignty