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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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RossCongress 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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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.
