Which part of the Compromise of 1850 was especially controversial in the North?
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Correct answer: The much stronger Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
The stronger Fugitive Slave Act required citizens and officials to help capture escaped enslaved people. Many Northerners viewed it as forcing them to participate in slavery.
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