Question

Match the compromises and acts with their primary purpose in addressing tensions between the North and South.

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Compromise of 1850
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Missouri Compromise
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Fugitive Slave Act
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Answer 1

Compromise of 1850 — Package to reduce sectional tension by admitting California as a free state, allowing popular sovereignty in NM and UT, settling TX boundary/assumption of debts, abolishing the DC slave trade, and enacting a stricter Fugitive Slave Act.

Missouri Compromise — Maintained Senate balance by admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state and banning slavery north of 36°30' in the Louisiana Purchase.

Fugitive Slave Act — Federal law forcing return of escaped enslaved people, penalizing those who aided runaways, and increasing enforcement in the North to appease Southern slaveholders.