popular sovereignty
柯林斯词典
1. N (in the pre-Civil War US) the doctrine that the inhabitants of a territory should be free from federal interference in determining their own domestic policy, esp in deciding whether or not to allow slavery (美國內戰前)民衆主權; 認爲一個領土的居民應該擺脫聯邦乾涉，自由決定內政，尤其是決定是否允許奴隸制度
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