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What action by congress required Americans to return to runaway slaves to their owners?

The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 required Americans to return runaway slaves to their owners.


Which action by congress required americans to return runaway slaves to their owners?

the fugitive slave law


Which action by congress required Americans to return runways slaves to their owners?

The action by Congress that required Americans to return runaway slaves to their owners was the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. This law mandated that escaped slaves, even in free states, be returned to their enslavers and imposed penalties on anyone who assisted runaway slaves. The act intensified tensions between the Northern and Southern states and contributed to the growing abolitionist movement.


Which action by congerss required American to return runaway slaves to their owners?

The Fugitive Slave Law


Can the president raise federal income taxes?

According to the Constitution of the United States, the President cannot write legislation, or impose taxes upon the people. Congress is where these powers lay and once passed by both Houses of Congress the President can sign the legislation or veto it. In recent years, the President has been taking some of this power away from Congress and issuing legislation through Executive Orders. Executive Orders is an allowed power given to the President to take action required immediately necessary due to items such as Acts of War or Natural Disasters when Congress is not in session or could not be gathered quick enough to take action. This was done at a time when it took weeks to cross the country but has been taken as an act to bypass Congress when the action would no pass through Congress using the Constitutional methods.