All of the Following Were Results of the Fugitive Slave

question 15

Multiple Choice

All of the following were results of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 EXCEPT

• A) many people were drawn into the antislavery movement.
• B) Northerners who aided slaves in escaping faced heavy fines and jail sentences.
• C) federal commissioners handling the cases of runaways received twice as much in a bonus if the slave was returned.
• D) Northerners protested the capture of individual runaway slaves.
• E) the Underground Railroad scaled back its efforts.

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Definitions:

Supply Curve

A graphical representation showing the relationship between the price of a good and the quantity supplied.

Equilibrium Quantity

The quantity of goods or services supplied and demanded at the equilibrium price, where market supply equals market demand.

Agricultural Price Floors

Government-imposed limits on how low prices can fall for agricultural products, aimed at stabilizing farmers' incomes.

Surplus

The situation in which the quantity of a good supplied exceeds the quantity demanded at a specific price.