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AssignmentMultiple Choice

Changing Abolitionism

Question 4 • (MACS) 2021 NY-US History CR Summer Quarter 1

What did the Fugitive Slave Act cause some abolitionists to do?

Answer
A
fear helping people who escaped from slavery
B
focus their efforts on persuading white people in the South to end slavery
C
take a more aggressive stance against slavery

Explanation

The Fugitive Slave Act required escaped enslaved people to be returned and punished those who helped them. In response, some abolitionists became more determined and took a more aggressive stance against slavery. The correct choice is “take a more aggressive stance against slavery.”

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