For the north, the most controversial aspect of the Compromise of 1850 was the Fugitive Slave Law which: a. required northerners to return runaway slaves to their owners
b. outlawed slavery in the West
c. allowed Northerners to hide runaway slaves

where is the passage?

can't without the passage.

post the full question.

i do believe its (d) it allowed the government to offer pioneers sixty acres of western land if they lived on it and made improvements to it.

explanation: signed into law in may 1862, the homestead act opened up settlement in the western united states, allowing any american, including freed slaves, to put in a claim for up to 160 free acres of federal land. by the end of the civil war, 15,000 homestead claims had been established, and more followed in the postwar years