12. IMPERIAL AMBITIONS AND SECTIONAL CRISES, 1842

Quiz for Comparative Analysis The Fugitive Slave Law Contested

Quiz for Comparative Analysis: The Fugitive Slave Law Contested

Choose the best answer to each question.

1. On what grounds did the Colored Citizens of Boston oppose the Fugitive Slave Law?

The Fifth Amendment

The First Amendment

The Fourth Amendment

The Tenth Amendment

2. What was the only way for free blacks to avoid the Fugitive Slave Law according to this resolution?

Active court cases

Underground Railroad

Rebellion and revolution

Vigilant self defense

3. How does Millard Fillmore define the men who assisted in the escape of fugitive slaves?

Heroes

Martyrs

Liberators

Criminals

4. What does Fillmore’s position imply about the enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Law?

It is likely to be implemented fairly across the nation.

It is unlikely any slaves will be caught and returned.

Fraudulent enforcement of the law is unlikely to be prosecuted.

It is unlikely the courts would prosecute any slaves caught in the North.

5. What does the Fugitive Slave Law say about slavery in the United States in the 1850s?

It was an increasingly divisive issue between slave owners and abolitionists.

Almost all support for slavery had disappeared from the nation.

Most Americans were still pro-slavery, especially in the west.

The nation is content to remain split with no tensions between the regions.

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