A The Passing of the fugitive slave act.
She wanted to convince people in the North the importance of ending slavery. The fugitive slave act made it illegal to help runaway slaves escaping the south to free regions in specific regions in the north where slavery had been outlawed. The book was published just 2 years after the fugitive slave act of 1850 was passed.
Answer: Barbara Bush focused much of her energy on a cause near to her heart: literacy.
Explanation: In the first two options, the colon is being misused because it is fragmenting essential elements of a same clause (direct object "much of her energy" from complement "on a cause..." / prepositional phrase "on a cause" from prepositional phrase "near to her heart" modifying it.) In the third option, the comma should not be used to introduce the one-item list "literacy."
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The effect of Shakespeare's increased emphasis on the Capulet-Montague conflict is that is makes both Romeo and Juliet's relationship more complicated. This is because Romeo and Juliet's families are enemies and hate each other.
Answer: It makes both Romeo and Juliet's relationship more complicated
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