Author Question: Northerners were offended by the provision of the Fugitive Slave Act that A) accorded a jury ... (Read 62 times)

nautica902 · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

During the early 1850s, political parties lost influence because of the

A) parties' sharp differences in moral tone and values.
B) standardization of various state political and economic procedures.
C) general decline in national economic prosperity.
D) nomination of dynamic independent political leaders.

Question 2

Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852),

A) pictured slaves as basically happy and content.
B) achieved enormous popular success.
C) glorified northerners and vilified southerners.
D) enraged President Lincoln as dangerous propaganda.

Question 3

As a consequence of the Compromise of 1850

A) political parties realigned more closely along sectional lines.
B) several states invalidated personal liberty laws.
C) more serious sectional conflict was avoided.
D) ideas such as secession and abolitionism were repudiated.

Question 4

Northerners were offended by the provision of the Fugitive Slave Act that

A) accorded a jury trial to the alleged fugitive.
B) designated a higher fee for commissioners deciding to return rather than free a fugitive.
C) created a panel of commissioners to decide special cases.
D) restricted northern citizens from assisting in the capture or return of fugitive slaves.