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burton19126

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To resist being made complicit in the slave system, northern states passed ________ that banned the forcible return of slaves to the South.
 
  A) fugitive slave laws
  B) personal liberty laws
  C) constitutional amendments
  D) local ordinances

Question 2

The Compromise of 1850 established the principle of ________, giving local residents the right to decide whether their state would be slave or free.
 
  A) popular sovereignty
  B) personal liberty
  C) separate but equal
  D) equal protection under the law



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: B

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Answer: A





 

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