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

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Answer:

Popular Sovereignty

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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.

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Answer:

Popular Sovereignty

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

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