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. Popular sovereignty is one of the founding ideas of the United States.

Detailed explanation-2: -Popular sovereignty means that the government can only exercise authority if it has been given permission to do so by the People. Therefore, popular sovereignty LIMITS THE POWERS OF GOVERNMENT. In a democracy the People delegate their authority to government ONLY FOR THE PURPOSES set forth in their constitution.

Detailed explanation-3: -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.

Detailed explanation-4: -First promoted in the 1840s in response to debates over western expansion, popular sovereignty argued that in a democracy, residents of a territory, and not the federal government, should be allowed to decide on slavery within their borders.

Detailed explanation-5: -The concept of Popular Sovereignty states that the people should choose their representatives who then will form the government, i.e. there should be “Rule by the People”.