USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In politics, popular sovereignty is the idea that government is authorized by citizens and influenced by what they want. Popular sovereignty means a country’s constitution must be ratified by the majority of the people or their representatives.

Detailed explanation-2: -Popular sovereignty is government based on consent of the people. The government’s source of authority is the people, and its power is not legitimate if it disregards the will of the people. Government established by free choice of the people is expected to serve the people, who have sovereignty, or supreme power.

Detailed explanation-3: -Popular sovereignty. All political power is vested in and derived from the people. All government of right originates with the people, is founded upon their will only, and is instituted solely for the good of the whole.

Detailed explanation-4: -Under popular sovereignty, the people (or citizens) are the ultimate source of government power. This means that the government only can operate with the people’s consent and authority.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Democratic standard bearer, Lewis Cass of Michigan, coined the term “popular sovereignty” for a new solution that had begun to emerge. The premise was simple. Let the people of the territories themselves decide whether slavery would be permitted.