Author Question: How did the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 strengthen previous laws? A) The law required only ... (Read 65 times)

magmichele12 · **on:** Aug 9, 2018

How did the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 strengthen previous laws?

A) The law required only lawmakers to help capture suspected runaways.
B) The law would punish citizens who failed to help capture runaways.
C) Southerners were personally responsible for recapturing their slaves.
D) It actually weakened previous laws, due to abolitionist outcry.

Question 2

Table 10-1

A) population of southern states after the Civil War.
B) distribution of African Americans in the South following the Civil War.
C) racial structure of the United States during Reconstruction.
D) poverty of the South after the Civil War.