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A person who believed in

following? (5 points)
"popular sovereignty" would believe which of the
1) 1)
Government officials should be elected
by a majority vote of the people.
2) State governments should have more power than the national government.
( 3) Each territory should decide whether it becomes a free or slaveholder state-
All citizens, including women and African Americans, should be allowed to
vote

User Fabio Veronese
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The answer is: 3.
This is because popular sovereignty depends on the will of the people- or the “population”- in American history, it meant that they believed the people of the territories should decide whether it was proslavery/free etc.
User Cary Millsap
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