Which element of the Compromise of 1850 provoked widespread outrage and opposition in the North?
a.
The Missouri Compromise
c.
Abolition of the slave trade in Washington, D.C.
b.
The Fugitive Slave Act
d.
California's admission to the Union as a free state

Question

Which element of the Compromise of 1850 provoked widespread outrage and opposition in the North?
a.
The Missouri Compromise
c.
Abolition of the slave trade in Washington, D.C.
b.
The Fugitive Slave Act
d.
California's admission to the Union as a free state

anonymous · Answer

B.

anonymous · Answer

The Fugitive Slave Act.It compelled members of the public to report anyone who
looked as though they might be a fugitive slave, on pain of heavy fines.Most
Northerners thought this was quite excessive. It also generated a new sympathy
for runaways, and Abolitionists organised the Underground Railroad - a system of
safe-houses, by which slaves could be smuggled into Canada.This ensured that the
Compromise of 1850 could not hold, and the slavery debate would heat-up
dangerously through the 50's, ending in war.