The Idea of Popular Sovereignty

question 13

Multiple Choice

The idea of popular sovereignty

• A) solved the controversy over slavery's extension.
• B) would allow people in the territories to decide whether to permit slavery.
• C) guaranteed slavery would spread westward.
• D) allowed Oregon to enter the Union as a slave state.
• E) was adopted by the Whigs in the 1848 election.

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