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The Fugitive Slave Law. This caused Harriet Beecher Stowe to write 'Uncle Tom's Cabin', which drew slavery to the attention of large numbers who had not taken much interest in it before.

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Was The Fugitive Slave Act a direct result of the Compromise of 1850?

It was one of the components of the Compromise of 1850. Most of the provisions favoured the Union, so Congress had to make a dramatic gesture of appeasement of the South. It was a clumsy move. The Act was so unpopular in the North that 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' was written directly as a protest against it.


What part of the compromise of 1850 most unpopular in the north?

The Fugitive Slave Law. This caused Harriet Beecher Stowe to write 'Uncle Tom's Cabin', which drew slavery to the attention of large numbers who had not taken much interest in it before.


In 1850 southerners were most upset by?

the compromise of 1850


what was the most controversial part of the compromise of 1850?

the most controversial part of the 1850 compromise was California becoming a free state.


Who did Millard Fillmore anger the north or the south?

Fillmore supported the Compromise of 1850 and like any compromise, it did not satisfy anybody, but it was most hated by strong anti-slavery people in the North.


How did the Union benefit from the Compromise of 1850?

it stop slavery in most of the states


What was the most conroversal law to come from the Compromise of 1850?

The Fugitive Slave Act


What was the most outrageous component of the compromise of 1850?

The enactment of the new fugitive slave law


What effect did the compromise of 1850 have on sectional differences?

It settled most differences over slavery.


Abolitionist were most upset about provision in the compromise of 1850?

its mostly because of the fugitive slave act.


What part was the most controversial of the compromise of 1850?

The Fugitive Slave Law


What groups did Millard Fillmore anger?

Fillmore angered the abolitionists and other anti-slavery groups in the North, by the Fugitive Slave Act, which was part of the Compromise of 1850. This compromise was engineered by Henry Clay. It was opposed by Fillmore's predecessor, Taylor.