SC EOCEP USHC Practice Questions - South Carolina EOCEP U.S. History And The Constitution Exam

Which provision of the Compromise of 1850 outraged Northern abolitionists and increased sectional tension?

A strict new Fugitive Slave Act requiring citizens to assist in returning escaped enslaved people The immediate abolition of the slave trade throughout all Southern states The admission of California as a slave state into the Union The outright ban on popular sovereignty in Western territories

Correct Answer:

A strict new Fugitive Slave Act requiring citizens to assist in returning escaped enslaved people

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