The Passage of the Fugitive Slave Act

Multiple Choice

The passage of the Fugitive Slave Act

A) intensified the debate over slavery.
B) upset southerners as much as northerners.
C) was readily accepted by northerners in the spirit of compromise.
D) upset southerners as much as northerners, but was readily accepted by northerners in the spirit of compromise.
E) None of these answers is correct.