Under the Compromise of 1850, who would determine whether a territory would have slavery, per the principle of squatter sovereignty, or popular sovereignty as it was later called?
A) Congress
B) territorial legislatures
C) the state’s constitutional convention
D) the Supreme Court
E) the House of Representatives
Answer: B
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