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What was the principle of Popular Sovereignty, and how did it impact the debate over slavery in the United States?
A. It guaranteed that all states would be free, regardless of their region.
B. It stated that slavery was to be banned in all new territories and states.
C. It allowed people in new territories and states to vote directly on whether to allow slavery.
D. It gave the federal government the power to decide if slavery would be allowed in any state.
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Correct answer: C.
Popular sovereignty was the idea that the settlers of a federal territory should vote to decide whether slavery would be allowed there. Promoted by politicians like Lewis Cass and Stephen A. Douglas and implemented in measures such as the Kansas–Nebraska Act (1854), it removed a national rule (the Missouri Compromise) and put the decision in local hands. In practice it intensified the slavery debate — provoking conflict (e.g., "Bleeding Kansas"), helping split parties, and accelerating sectional tensions that led toward the Civil War.
Popular sovereignty was the idea that the settlers of a federal territory should vote to decide whether slavery would be allowed there. Promoted by politicians like Lewis Cass and Stephen A. Douglas and implemented in measures such as the Kansas–Nebraska Act (1854), it removed a national rule (the Missouri Compromise) and put the decision in local hands. In practice it intensified the slavery debate — provoking conflict (e.g., "Bleeding Kansas"), helping split parties, and accelerating sectional tensions that led toward the Civil War.
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