Question

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

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Fugitive Slave Act
Currently contains Required the return of escaped enslaved individuals caught in the North..
Compromise of 1850
Currently contains Maintained the balance of power by pairing free and slave state admissions..
Missouri Compromise
Currently contains Admitted California as a free state, which disrupted power in the Senate..

Answer 1

Fugitive Slave Act — Required the return of escaped enslaved individuals caught in the North.

Compromise of 1850 — Admitted California as a free state, which disrupted power in the Senate.

Missouri Compromise — Maintained the balance of power by pairing free and slave state admissions.