Question

What was a purpose of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850?

to require citizens to help return formerly enslaved people who had fled

to ban enslavement in the territory that had been acquired from Mexico

to allow for popular sovereignty in the states of Kansas and Nebraska

to allow formerly enslaved people who had fled to the North to be free

Answer 1

to require citizens to help return formerly enslaved people who had fled

Answer 2

√ To require citizens to help return formerly enslaved people who had fled.