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1.the doctrine that sovereign power is vested in the people andthat those chosen to govern, as trustees of such power,must exercise it in conformity with the general will.

2.American History . (before the Civil War) a doctrine, heldchiefly by the opponents of the abolitionists, that the peopleliving in a territory should be free of federal interference indetermining domestic policy, especially with respect toslavery.

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The idea of popular sovereignty is just the idea that people ofÊa particular region or stateÊshould decide what kind of goverment they want to live under, it was popularized during the civil war.

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Popular sovereignty is the belief or concept that the state is created by the will of its people. True popular sovereignty gives political power to the state.

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States that have the issue to vote on slavery

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Popular sovereignty or the sovereignty of the people is the principle that the authority of the government is created and sustained by the consent of its people

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the popular os sovereignty

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