Which of the following best describes one of the basic principles of the magna carta? 1. nobles had certain rights that the king could not take away. 2. juries should decide the guilt or innocence of an accused criminal, 3. the law should be applied equally throughout the land, 4. peasants and serfs had certain guaranteed rights and liberties.

Which of the following answers best describe why the fugitive slave act was so controversial? a fugitive slaves who were caught were to be sent back to africa, and southern states disagreed with this practice. b it required all runaway slaves to be sentenced to death, and most people were against this extreme form of punishment. c fugitive slaves were required to work twice as long before they could be freed, and northern states opposed this. d it required all americans to return runaway slaves to their owners, and abolitionists in free states opposed this law.