History

Question

The Fugitive Slave Act angered Northerners because

• it increased federal intervention in the affairs of independent states.

© it contradicted the Missouri Compromise.

• it prioritized states rights over the rights of the federal government.

O it contradicted the Wilmot Proviso.

Answer

It contradicted the Wilmot Proviso.

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The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 angered Northerners because it contradicted the Wilmot Proviso, which was a proposed law that would have prohibited...