Use the passage to answer the quesiton.
What is meant by "popular sovereignty undermining the Missouri Compromise?"
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Responses
It means that it forced enslaved people who had escaped to be returned to a slave state.
It means that it forced enslaved people who had escaped to be returned to a slave state.
It means that it upheld the efforts of the compromise to maintain an equal balance of free and slave states.
It means that it upheld the efforts of the compromise to maintain an equal balance of free and slave states.
It means that it expanded slavery to the northern free states.
It means that it expanded slavery to the northern free states.
It means that it reopened the debate over the border between free and slave states.
1 answer
The phrase "popular sovereignty undermining the Missouri Compromise" refers to the idea that allowing the settlers of a territory to decide for themselves whether to allow slavery (popular sovereignty) negated the provisions of the Missouri Compromise, which had established a clear boundary between free and slave states. Therefore, the correct response would be:
"It means that it reopened the debate over the border between free and slave states."
