Which provision of the Compromise of 1850 antagonized the North the most?
A) The entrance of California as a free state in the Union
B) The abolition of the slave trade in Washington, D.C.
C) The use of popular sovereignty as the basis for determining the status of slavery in the territories
D) The strengthening of the Fugitive Slave Act
E) The federal assumption of the Texas debt

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The strengthening of the Fugitive Slave Act as part of the Compromise of 1850 was particularly antagonistic to the North because it required citizens to assist in the capture of runaway slaves and denied alleged fugitives the right to a jury trial, which many in the North saw as a direct affront to their principles and an extension of slavery into free states.

Which Provision of the Compromise of 1850 Antagonized the North