The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 Included All of the Following

question 57

Multiple Choice

The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 included all of the following provisions except  

• A) the requirement that fugitive slaves be returned from Canada.
• B) denial of a jury trial to runaway slaves.
• C) denial of fleeing slaves' right to testify on their own behalf.
• D) the penalty of imprisonment for northerners who helped slaves to escape.
• E) a higher payment to the federal official responsible for determining the case of a fugitive if the official determined that the fugitive was a slave and not a free black person.

---

Definitions:

Events

Occurrences or happenings, often of significance, that are scheduled or observed.

Situations

Sets of conditions or circumstances at a certain time and place.

Interactions

The processes or actions taken wherein two or more entities or variables affect or influence each other.

Concepts

Broad and general ideas that are fundamental building blocks of theories or models used to classify and organize specific observations.