The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850

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Multiple Choice

The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850

• A) won the grudging support of Ralph Waldo Emerson as a necessary compromise.
• B) gave new powers to federal officers to override local law enforcement.
• C) was declared unconstitutional in the Dred Scott case.
• D) angered southerners by weakening an earlier law on fugitive slaves.
• E) convinced Abraham Lincoln to retire briefly from political life.

Compare and contrast the roles of cognitive and learning theories in human development.

Understand the significance of schemes in Piaget's cognitive-developmental theory.

Describe the process of operant conditioning and its application in daily life.

Identify the stages of cognitive development according to Piaget.

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