All of the Following Were Results of the Fugitive Slave

question 43

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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