12. What events helped bring about the Compromise of 1850 in Congress? A) B) C)
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12. What events helped bring about the Compromise of 1850 in Congress? A) B) C) D) The deaths of President Zachary Taylor and John C. Calhoun. The Wilmot Proviso and the Fugitive Slave Act. "Popular sovereignty" and the Kansas-Nebraska Act. The Dred Scott decision and the defeat of the Alamo. Who would have jurisdiction in fugitive slave classes following passage of the Compromise of 1850? A) The Court of Appeals. B) Federal commissioners. C) The new federal Department of Justice. D) State courts. 13. 14. How was the Fugitive Slave Law received in African American communities in the North? A) With bewilderment, since few understood its meaning. B) With joy, because it meant runaway slaves were free C) With mild disapproval, because they had wanted full emancipation. D) With terror, because they believed every African American was subject to slavery. 15. What motivated Harriet Beecher Stowe to write Uncle Tom's Cabin? A) The Fugitive Slave Act. B) The Dred Scott decision. C) Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn. D) The Kansas-Nebraska Act. 16. Why was the American Party also known as the Know-Nothing Party? A) It had no new ideas to resolve the issues of slavery. B) It began as a secret society C) Its leaders failed to keep rank-and-file members informed about party policy. D) Its members were considered ignorant and uneducated. 17. Stephen A. Douglas first introduced a provision for popular sovereignty in the A) Compromise of 1850. B) Fugitive Slave Law. C) Kansas-Nebraska Act D) Omnibus Bill.Explanation / Answer
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B - The Wilmot Proviso and the fugitive slave act
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B - Federal Commisioners
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D- With terror, as they believed every african american was subject to slavery.
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A - The Fugitive slave act
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B - It began as a secret society.
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C - Kansas- Nebraska Act
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