MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
THE WILMOT PROVISO
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Question
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The North liked the Fugitive Slave Law
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Northern State Resistance At first there was widespread hostility against the Fugitive Slave Law. But then public opinion in the North changed to support it. The law was part of the Compromise of 1850 that many Northerners believed was the “final settlement” of the slavery issue to keep the Union together.
Detailed explanation-2: -The free black communities of the North responded defiantly to the 1850 law. They provided fugitive slaves with sanctuary and established vigilance committees to protect blacks from hired kidnappers who were searching the North for runaways.
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