Popular sovereignty, Definition, History, & Facts

Popular sovereignty, in U.S. history, a controversial political doctrine that the people of federal territories should decide for themselves whether their territories would enter the Union as free or slave states. Its enemies, especially in New England, called it ‘squatter sovereignty.’ Learn more about the doctrine.

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