Which does not describe christopher columbus? a. the seafarer sponsored by ferdinand and isabella of spain b. an italian explorer whose estimates of the earth's circumference were much too small c. the explorer who made landfall in the americas and mistakenly called the people he met indians d. a portuguese noble who was convinced that the way to reach asia was by sailing west across the atlantic

Which of the following statements about the fugitive slave act of 1850 is not accurate. a. marshals who refused to arrest a suspected fugitive could be fined $1,000. b. slave owners had to present evidence that an african american in the north was a fugitive slave. c. any person who provided food or shelter to a fugitive slave could be find $1000 and placed in jail for six months. d. it required all federal marshals to arrest any african-american suspected of being a runaway slave.