Question

A person who believed in "popular sovereignty" would believe which of the following?

Government officials should be elected by a majority vote of the people.
State governments should have more power than the national government.
Each territory should decide whether it becomes a free or slaveholder state.
All citizens, including women and African Americans, should be allowed to vote.

Answer 1

A person who believed in 'popular sovereignty' would believe that each territory should decide whether it becomes a free or slaveholder state.

Answer 2

The correct answer is that a person who believed in "popular sovereignty" would believe that each territory should decide wheter it becomes a free or slaveholder state.

This theory was promoted by Stephen Douglas, and allowed each territory to decide on the question of slavery without any interference from the federal government.