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The idea that people within a state can and should determine the laws within that state is referred to as

A. state sovereignty.
B. popular sovereignty.
C. abolitionism.
D. federalism.

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Answer:

B. popular sovereignty.

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A popular sovereignty is the idea that the governing of the state is in the hands of the people of that state, who govern through their elected representatives.
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