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Why was the Georgia Platform significant in 1850?
a
It encouraged Georgia to immediately leave the Union.
b
It supported the Compromise of 1850 and kept Georgia from seceding—temporarily.
c
It rejected all compromises involving slavery.
d
It supported abolishing the Fugitive Slave Act.
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The Georgia Platform (1850) accepted the Compromise of 1850 as a basis for settling sectional disputes, warned that the South would resist further Northern hostilities (especially failure to enforce the Fugitive Slave Act), and thus prevented Georgia from immediate secession—at least for the time being.
The Georgia Platform (1850) accepted the Compromise of 1850 as a basis for settling sectional disputes, warned that the South would resist further Northern hostilities (especially failure to enforce the Fugitive Slave Act), and thus prevented Georgia from immediate secession—at least for the time being.
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