The passage of the Fugitive Slave Act
A) intensified the debate over slavery.
B) upset southerners as much as northerners.
C) was readily accepted by northerners in the spirit of compromise.
D) upset southerners as much as northerners, but was readily accepted by northerners in the spirit of compromise.
E) None of these answers is correct.

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The passage of the Fugitive Slave Act heightened tensions and intensified the debate over slavery, particularly in the North. The law was one of many factors that eventually led to the outbreak of the Civil War.

The Passage of the Fugitive Slave Act