<span>New states were added to the Union.
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<span>The population grew in the territories.
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<span>The cattle-ranching industry grew</span>
<span>Assuming that this is referring to the same excerpt regarding popular sovereignty that was posted before with this question, <span>the correct response would be that in order for this to work, only the majority has to be satisfied--meaning that a large group of people (as big as 49.99%) will be ultimately unhappy. </span></span>