The Most Alarming Aspect of the Compromise of 1850 to Northerners

question 29

Multiple Choice

The most alarming aspect of the Compromise of 1850 to northerners was the law providing for

• A) the continuation of slavery in the District of Columbia.
• B) the possible expansion of slavery in the New Mexico and Utah territories under "popular sovereignty."
• C) the new Fugitive Slave Law.
• D) the payment of $10 million to slaveholding Texas.
• E) continuation of the interstate slave trade.