The Controversy Over the Arrest of Anthony Burns in 1854

question 81

Multiple Choice

The controversy over the arrest of Anthony Burns in 1854 shows:

• A) the problematic nature of the Dred Scott decision.
• B) that abolitionists were definitely declining in influence.
• C) the unpopularity of the Fugitive Slave Act in parts of the North.
• D) the popularity of the Whig Party in the South.
• E) that the gag rule had serious consequences well into the 1850s.

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