In the 1840s, many people supported popular sovereignty because
a. it called for one slave state to be added for every free state, thus maintaining sectional harmony and balance
b. it denied that African Americans were citizens and stripped them of all rights
c. it called for a national referendum on the extension of slavery, which put slavery's future into the hands of the voters
d. it called for the residents of a territory to decide the question of slavery
e. it counted slaves as three-fifths of a person in the territories, which was very popular in both the North and the South
Answer: d. it called for the residents of a territory to decide the question of slavery
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