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aug 8, 1846 - Popular Sovereignty

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A doctrine in political theory that government is created by and subject to the will of the people. A pre-Civil War doctrine asserting the right of the people living in a newly organized territory. It was also to decide by vote of their territorial legislature whether or not slavery would be permitted there.

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aug 8, 1846
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~ 179 years ago

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