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Popular sovereignty was a policy stating that

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Hello! Popular Sovereignty was a policy that stated that the power to decide about the slavery question was concentred in the hands of the states, and not in the Congress rulers.

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Popular sovereignty was a policy stating that voters in a territory should decide whether or not to allow slavery in that territory.
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