Question

Which of the following best explains how popular sovereignty was related to slavery?
A.
There was an attempt to abolish slavery in the U.S. by its centennial in 1876.
B.
Settlers of some new territories were able to decide about slavery for themselves.
C.
There was a federal law that stated there would be an equal number of slave and free states in the Union.
D.
Each state's legislature was given the authority to decide the status of slavery within the state.

Answer 1

B. Settlers of some new territories were able to decide about slavery for themselves.

Explanation: Popular sovereignty was the idea used in the 1850s (e.g., the Kansas-Nebraska Act) that residents of a territory should vote to determine whether slavery would be allowed there.