Senator Lewis Cass of Michigan proposed the doctrine of popular sovereignty,a measure that would allow
A) the Supreme Court to decide whether or not territories might sanction slavery.
B) a national referendum on the issue of slavery expansion.
C) people who settled the territories to decide whether or not they wanted slavery.
D) a special congressional commission to decide slavery's fate in the territories.
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