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Congressional Compromises and the Fugitive Slave Act

8th Grade · Social Studies · TEKS

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Learners will evaluate how legislative compromises attempted to balance sectional interests and how the Fugitive Slave Act intensified resistance to slavery.

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us-tx113.20(b)(7)(C)Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) · Social-studies · 8th Grade

analyze the impact of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 on slavery, free Blacks, and abolitionists;