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== == The Fugitive Slave Law required Northern citizens to help catch escaped slaves. But many Northerners hated the law as much as they hated slavery. They ignored it from the time it was passed by Congress. In this way, the Fugitive Slave Law increased the tension between Northerners and Southerners.
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∙ 12y agoCongress had to make a big concession to the South, to get their agreement for the first coast-to-coast railroad to go via Chicago, instead of New Mexico.
The South had complained that old Fugitive Slave Law of 1793 had fallen out of use. So Congress offered to bring in a new Act, to enforce the arresting and returning of runaway slaves to their owners.
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∙ 13y agoso that the slave owners can go anywhere and claim their slaves
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Enforcement of the fugitive slave act led to?
more anger in the north
Which of these resolutions was included in the Compromise of 1850 to satisfy the South?
By passing the Fugitive Slave Act, which forced Northerners to report anyone who looked like a runaway slave. The Northern public greatly resented this.
What ordered every US government officer to help slave owners get their runaway slaves back?
fugitive slave lawsfugitive slave act
Why was the Compromise of 1850 proslavery?
Because it included the Fugitive Slave Act, which forced ordinary citizens to report anyone who looked as though they might be a runaway slave. This was meant to provide moral support for slave-owners, in exchange for allowing California to enter the Union as free soil.
What part of the Compromise of 1850 was most unpopular in the North?
The Fugitive Slave Law. This caused Harriet Beecher Stowe to write 'Uncle Tom's Cabin', which drew slavery to the attention of large numbers who had not taken much interest in it before.
What laws punished northerners who assisted escaped slaves?
fugitive slave lawsThe Fugitive Act
What made it a federal crime to asist a runaway slave?
Fugitive Slave law (ACT)
What were the effects of the Fugitive Slave Act?
The Fugitive Slave Act forced many people to consider the pros and cons of slavery in the United States. The effect of the Fugitive Slave Act was the freeing of slaves.
What was the purpose of the fugitive slave act?
The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 sought to force the authorities in free states to return fugitive slaves to their masters.
Which of these was part of the Compromise of 1850?
California was to be admitted as a free state.
Was the fugitive slave act anti or pro slavery?
The Fugitive Slave Act was a pro-slavery part of the Compromise of 1850.
What were the effects of the fugitive act?
The Fugitive Slave Act forced many people to consider the pros and cons of slavery in the United States. The effect of the Fugitive Slave Act was the freeing of slaves.
What were the effects of the fugitive slave acts?
The Fugitive Slave Act forced many people to consider the pros and cons of slavery in the United States. The effect of the Fugitive Slave Act was the freeing of slaves.
What part was the most controversial of the compromise of 1850?
The Fugitive Slave Law
What was the event of the fugitive slave act?
no was you
Who passed the fugitive slave act?
The Fugitive Slave Act was put into place by Congress under the presidential rule of Zarchary Taylor.
Under the fugitive slave act what would happen to a citizen who helped a runaway slave?
Under the Fugitive Slave Act, people could be imprisoned for helping a runaway slave. The act was passed in 1850.
