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The fugitive slave law enacted as a part of the Compromise of 1850 was
 
  a. a great step toward abolition.
  b. adamantly opposed by southerners.
  c. more favorable to slave owners than to the accused fugitive slave.
  d. never put into effect.
  e. the result of tireless efforts of abolitionists.

Question -2-

Of the following, which best represents the political uncertainty surrounding the future of slavery in the United States?
 
  a. Battle of New Orleans
  b. Defeat of the Wilmot Proviso
  c. Election of Andrew Jackson
  d. Louisiana Purchase
  e. Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

Question -3-

In 1837, John C. Calhoun became the first to defend slavery as
 
  a. a necessary evil.
  b. a positive good.
  c. critical to the economy of the South.
  d. inevitable.
  e. the mark of a powerful empire.

Question -4-

The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (1845) documented the authors life as a(n)
 
  a. abolitionist.
  b. cotton farmer.
  c. orator.
  d. slave.
  e. teacher.

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