Question 4 of 35
How would Abraham Lincoln most likely respond to this statement?
The principle of popular sovereignty should always be
respected. Every state has the right to choose whether to
allow slavery.
A. Outlawing slavery in one state will lead to slave revolts in all
slaveholding states.
B. Slavery is protected by the Constitution even if states want to
outlaw it.
C. The fighting during "Bleeding Kansas" proves that states cannot
be trusted to address the issue of slavery themselves.
D. The principle of popular sovereignty only applies to the federal
government.