The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850

question 32

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.

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