A famous novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe rallied northern hostility toward one particular component of the Compromise of 1850, the
A. re-drawing of the Texas boundary.
B. fugitive slave law, which allowed southerners to more easily reclaim their runaway slaves.
C. failure to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia.
D. provision that Mormon Utah could decide for itself whether to be slave or free.
Answer: B
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A) sugar and cattle B) tobacco and sugar C) rice and tobacco D) indigo and rice
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A. Pagan B. Islamic C. Christian D. Jewish
The US policy of ___________ required greater dependence on nuclear weapons and the airplanes that delivered them.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).