Form 12: Laws and Resistance: The Fugitive Slave Acts

Questions

1. MultiChoice

   What was the initial Fugitive Slave Act passed by Congress in 1793?

2. MultiChoice

   Which law, part of the Compromise of 1850, severely penalized Northerners who assisted escaping slaves?

3. MultiChoice

   Under the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act, what happened to citizens who refused to help catch suspected runaways?

4. MultiChoice

   How did the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 directly affect free Black citizens living in the North?

5. MultiChoice

   Were accused runaway slaves entitled to a trial by jury under the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act?

6. MultiChoice

   How were federal commissioners financially biased under the 1850 law?

7. MultiChoice

   How did several Northern state legislatures respond to counter the federal 1850 Fugitive Slave Act?

8. MultiChoice

   What overall effect did the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 have on Underground Railroad operations?

9. MultiChoice

   Which 1857 Supreme Court decision ruled that Black people were not US citizens and had no constitutional rights?

10. MultiChoice

    How did abolitionists react to the Dred Scott decision?

11. MultiChoice

    What 1851 event in Pennsylvania involved armed Black and white residents resisting a slave owner and federal marshals?

12. MultiChoice

    How did the 1850 law alter Northern public opinion regarding slavery?