Question

1. What effect did the Fugitive Slave Act have? Select all that apply.

Answer 1

The best and most correct answer among the choices provided by the question is the third choice "It convinced the federal government that they issue of slavery could be peacefully resolved"

The Fugitive Slave Law or Fugitive Slave Act was passed by the United States Congress on September 18, 1850, as part of the Compromise of 1850 between Southern slave-holding interests and Northern Free-Soilers.

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Answer 2

The Fugitive Slave Act had the following effects:

A. It convinced Northerners that slavery was immoral;

B. It convinced Southerners that Northerners would help return slaves.

The principal aim of this Act was to lower the heat, tension and aggressiveness between the North and the South. Besides that it was supposed to explain people why slavery was wrong and to encourage them to be more humane.