Which most accurately explains the role played by debates over popular sovereignty in causing the civil war?       1. they convinced federal government to establish more colonies, that allowed slavery in order to maintain a balance between free and slave states.2. they prevented slaves from being used in northern factories.3. they lent credibility to the slave uprisings that the abolitionists support in an effort to start the beginning of the civil war.4. they led to arguments about the role citizens should play in determining the legality of slavery in their home states and territories.

the correct answer is D

4. They led to arguments about the role citizens should play in determining the legality of slavery in their home states and territories.

popular sovereignity grew in the 1840s and was response to debates over western expansion. It argued that in a democracy, residents of a territory, and not the larger federal government, should be allowed to decide on slavery within their borders.

the section of the chart that represents a point at which a bill needs approval from a majority of people in both chambers to advance is j, as this is the only section before the bill becomes law which has both rows (symbolizing the chambers) converging into one, meaning that the two parts of the congress have to approve of it before it can march on with the process.