Answer and Explanation
Anti-Fugitive Slave Act poster
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Question 0914:
The Fugitive Slave Act was a provision of which of the following
(A) the Missouri Compromise
(B) the Wilmot Proviso
(C) the Compromise of 1850
(D) the Kansas-Nebraska Act
(E) the Ostend Manifesto
The Fugitive Slave Act was a provision of which of the following
(A) the Missouri Compromise
(B) the Wilmot Proviso
(C) the Compromise of 1850
(D) the Kansas-Nebraska Act
(E) the Ostend Manifesto
Answer:
(C) the Compromise of 1850.
Explanation:
Although the Constitution supported the return of runaway slaves (Article IV, Section II) and fugitive slave bills had been passed prior to 1850, the inclusion of the Fugitive Slave Law in the Compromise of 1850 proved to be the most controversial. Southerners demanded it in exchange for concessions to the North, such as California's admission as a free state. Abolitionists hated it and saw its federal enforcement as an example of Southern "slave power."
(C) the Compromise of 1850.
Explanation:
Although the Constitution supported the return of runaway slaves (Article IV, Section II) and fugitive slave bills had been passed prior to 1850, the inclusion of the Fugitive Slave Law in the Compromise of 1850 proved to be the most controversial. Southerners demanded it in exchange for concessions to the North, such as California's admission as a free state. Abolitionists hated it and saw its federal enforcement as an example of Southern "slave power."
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