2. one of the effects of the fugitive slave act was to
a) create harmony between north and south.
b) cause many escaped slaves to flee to mexico.
c) intimidate abolitionists.
d) polarize north and south further.

D) polarize north and south further

Explanation:

It should be this answer as this act was part of the Compromise of 1850 to appease both sides of the slave-owning South and the antislavery North. This act was just another cause of the Civil War because there were several disputes that pushed the secession of the South; with this act, it required all escaped slaves to be returned to their masters and that officials and citizens of free states had to cooperate.

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