Question

In the 1850s, the issue of slavery complicated the proposal to build a transcontinental railroad, as select one:

a. it raised the question of whether or not slaves would be used as railroad labor.
b. non-slaveowning northerners and slaveowning southerners could not agree on a route.
c. british banks refused to help fund the project as long as slavery existed in the united states.
d. it raised the question of whether or not slaves would be used as railroad labor, and british banks refused to help fund the projects as long as slavery existed in the u.s.
e. none of these answers is correct.

Answer 1

As non-slave owning northerners and slave owning southerners could not agree on a route, the issue of slavery complicated the proposal to build a transcontinental railroad in the 1850s.

During the 1850s, slavery was already a huge issue and one of the most controversial acts during this era was the Fugitive Slave Law or Fugitive Slave Act,