The passage of which of the following increased sectional tensions in the 1850s?
a. the missouri compromise
b. the mexican cession
c. the fugitive slave act
d. the wilmot proviso

Respuesta :

If I remember it well, c. the fugitive slave act increased sectional tensions in the 1850s. Also I'd admit Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1954.

The answer should be

c. the fugitive slave act