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How did popular sovereignty play a role in the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854?
O It allowed the government to decide whether new states would be free or slave states.
O This granted governors of each state to determine their status regarding slavery.
Native Americans were given a right to vote in all legal issues of the United States
It gave the people of each state the right to choose if their state would be a free state or a slave
state.

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It gave the people of each state the right to choose if their state would be a free state or a slave state.

Step-by-step explanation:

people not government decided

people chose slavery

now territories could have slavery too

ended missouri compromise

led to civil war

referendum is an example of popular sovereignty

philosopher rousseau said a

government should do what its people want

not its own thing

people should make laws and government should enforce it

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