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"Mr. President...I proposed on Tuesday last that the Senate should proceed to the consideration of the bill to organize the territories of Nebraska and Kansas...Now I ask the friends and the opponents of this measure to look at it as it is. Is not the question involved the simple one, whether the people of the territories shall be allowed to do as they please upon the question of slavery, subject only to the limitations of the Constitution?..." -Stephen A. Douglas, Defense of the Kansas-Nebraska Bill, 1854

Which of the following ideas is Douglas talking about when he says, "whether the people of the territories shall be allowed to do as they please upon the question of slavery?"
A.
Popular sovereignty
B.
Fugitive Slave Act
C.
The difference between a territory and a state
D.
The right of states to secede from the union

Sagot :

Answer: B

Explanation:

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