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The most alarming aspect of the Compromise of 1850 to northerners was the decision concerning?
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The Fugitive Slave Act, which compelled all citizens to report anyone who looked as though they might be a runaway slave, on pain of a heavy fine.
This was meant to sound like a decisive gesture in support of property rights, but it infuriated the Abolitionists, and raised the temperature of the whole debate.
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∙ 13y agothe new fugitive slave law
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What was Henry Clay's primary purpose in offering the Compromise of 1850?
Henry Clay's primary purpose in offering the compromise of 1850 was to keep the Union together.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act and the Dred Scott decision overturned what 1820 compromise which banned slavery in the territories draw from the northern part of the Louisiana Purchase?
he was denided the spurim cort diecided he was not free and if you trying to do social studies this is not going to be right
Why did the Dred Scott Decision end all compromes?
It voided all the previous compromises, because it declared slavery to be legal in every state of the Union. They did try one more compromise after Lincoln was elected, but Lincoln rejected it because it would have allowed new slave-states.
Why did Louisiana secede from the union during the Civil War?
Because it was one of the Deep South states that were most strongly identified with slavery, and it seceded before the war. It was the decision of the four slave-states of the Upper South to join the Confederacy that actually started the war.
Why was the arrival of escaped slaves at Fort Monroe a conundrum for Major General Benjamin Butler?
At the time, early in the war, there was no stated policy from the President or any high level of government, concerning escaped slaves, as to whether they should be given refuge in the north, or returned to their owners, or held as prisoners, or conscripted into the army, or whatever. Major General Butler had to make a decision that really should have been made at a higher level than his. Nonetheless, he made the right decision, and it worked out very well.
Why did the Dred Scott decision alarm Northerners?
The Dred Scott decision declared the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional and ruled that slaves were property. The decision did not necessarily alarm most people in the North.
How did the northerners and southerners react to the Dred Scott decision?
Southerners were delighted with the Dred Scott decision, but northerners were outraged.
How did northerners and southerners react to the dred Scott?
Southerners were delighted with the Dred Scott decision, but northerners were outraged.
Which decision voided the Missouri Compromise?
compromise of 1850
Is passing a bylaw an example of decision making by consensus or compromise?
compromise
Why did dred Scott decision anger northerners?
for them to have more fish in there lives.
What major decision led up to the civil war?
There was not a major decision that led to it but there were many that led to it such as the dred Scott decision and the Missouri compromise and the compromise of 1850 and the Lincoln- Douglas debate
What dicison nullified The Missouri Compromise?
Dred Scott decision
What best summarize why part of the nation was upset over the Dred Scott decision?
The North was upset because the decision declared the Missouri Compromise to be unconstitutional. - Novanet
What was the effect of the Dread Scott decision on the Missouri Compromise?
The Dred Scott decision repealed the Missouri Compromise because it was said to deny a man's right to property and that it is unconstitutional. The decision legalized slavery everywhere, and the Missouri Compromise said that there equal free states and slave states, and so now all states are slave states.
Which was part of the great compromise in the U.S constitution?
A decision on the structure of the legislature
Which part of the great compromise in the U.S. constitution?
A decision on the structure of the legislature
