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Why do you think southerners in congress insisted on the passage of a fugitive slave law?
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They wanted to be able to catch their slaves because they were property.
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Which of these was part of the Compromise of 1850?
California was to be admitted as a free state.
How did the Fugitive Slave Act get the US one step closer to the Civil War?
Yes and no. There were 10 years apart from the passage and the war. It was just a contributing factor in the process leading to war.
A major cause for conflict between the north and the south was the passage of national laws that southerners felt restricted their freedom This issue is often labled?
States Rights yeah nova net!
What event convinced South Carolina to send representatives to the First Continental Congress?
I am in connections academy too. :) The answer is B) passage of the intolerable acts.
Who forbid slavery in the US?
Slavery was outlawed in the United States by the 13th Amendment, so anyone involved in its passage helped forbid slavery (including the Houses of Congress and the State Legislatures).
Which of these was part of the Compromise of 1850?
California was to be admitted as a free state.
Why did southerners in congress insist on the passage of a fugitive slave act?
It is because more and more people in the North where helping slaves escape to the North. Making it easier for slaves to run away... Once in the North many slaves would begin a new life.... and the Southern states had no power to remove a former slaves because there was no laws to protect the property rights of Southern Slave owners...
The Republican Party came into being as a result of the passage of what act?
The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.
Who delivered a speech to Congress in 1965 to demand passage of the Voting Rights Act?
President Johnson delivered a speech to Congress in 1965 to demand passage of the Voting Rights Act.
Where does the constitution deal with fugitive slaves?
The Fugitive Slave Clause is found in Article IV, Section 2, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution. This clause was mostly rendered moot by the passage of the 14th Amendment.
During Grant's term Congress was changing and the high point of the Republican controlled Congress was the?
passage of the Reconstruction Acts
What was the confederation Congress greatest success?
passage of the Northwest Ordinance. Your Welcome :)
Until passage of the Seventeenth Amendment members of Congress were elected by who?
the supreme court
What thing is attached to a bill to ensure safe passage through Congress?
A rider
Passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act was a victory for?
It was a victory for Stephen Douglas and Southerners that wanted a transcontinental railroad to run west from New Orleans.
Which criticism of the king did congress strike out?
southern slave owners and northern slave traders banded together in the congress to strike out this PASSAGE ON SLAVERY.
How has congress been a major agent of informal amendment?
because of the passage of basic legislation
