The Passage of the Fugitive Slave Act

question 101

Multiple Choice

The passage of the Fugitive Slave Act

• A) intensified the debate over slavery.
• B) upset southerners as much as northerners.
• C) was readily accepted by northerners in the spirit of compromise.
• D) upset southerners as much as northerners, but was readily accepted by northerners in the spirit of compromise.
• E) None of these answers is correct.

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