Question

What principle of government was used to determine if Kansas and Nebraska would be free or slave territory?

Answer 1

Popular Sovereignty

Step-by-step explanation:

In 1854 the Kansas-Nebraska Act overturned the Missouri Compromise between slave and free territory and instead, using the principle of popular sovereignty, the area became a free state or a slave state.

Answer 2

Popular Sovereignty

Step-by-step explanation:

That gave those who lived in the territory the ability to choose what it will be