Lesson 2 Chapter 14: The Abolitionists

Multiple Choice

What was agreed upon at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 regarding slavery?

• To abolish slavery immediately

• To let the states decide the issue of slavery

• To expand slavery to new territories

• To make slavery a federal issue.

Multiple Choice

The American Colonization Society worked to free slaves by ________.

• Educating them

• Buying them and freeing them abroad

• Sending them to Europe

• Providing them jobs.

Multiple Choice

What was the reaction of many African Americans to the relocation efforts?

• They were eager to move

• They did not want to be relocated

• They were indifferent

• They supported the move.

Multiple Choice

In what year did William Lloyd Garrison leave Massachusetts to work for a leading anti-slavery newspaper in Baltimore?

• 1825

• 1829

• 1831

• 1835

Multiple Choice

What did Sarah and Angelina Grimke persuade their mother to do with their share of the family inheritance?

• Invest in property

• Donate to charity

• Free enslaved workers

• Start a business

Multiple Choice

Angelina Grimke and her husband wrote 'American Slavery As It Is', which was one of the most influential ______ publications of its time.

• Scientific

• Abolitionist

• Political

• Economic

Multiple Choice

In what year did Samuel Cornish and John Russwurm start the country's first African American newspaper?

• 1820

• 1827

• 1835

• 1840

Multiple Choice

David Walker, born free in Boston, published an argument against slavery. What did he challenge African Americans to do?

• Accept slavery

• Move to another country

• Rebel and overthrow slavery by force

• Write letters to the government.

Multiple Choice

Sojourner Truth was freed in 1827 when ______ banned slavery.

• New Jersey

• New York

• Pennsylvania

• Massachusetts

Multiple Choice

What was the Underground Railroad?

• A) A network of escape routes from the South to the North

• B) A type of train used in the 1800s

• C) A secret society

• D) A famous battle.

Multiple Choice

Slaveholders offered huge rewards for the capture or death of which famous conductor?

• Frederick Douglass

• Harriet Tubman

• Sojourner Truth

• William Still

Multiple Choice

The Underground Railroad was a network of escape routes from the South to the ____.

• East

• West

• North

• South

Multiple Choice

Harriet Tubman became the most famous ____ on the Underground Railroad.

• Passenger

• Conductor

• Station

• Guide

Multiple Choice

According to Southerners, who were worse off than the slaves?

• Northern factory workers

• Southern farmers

• Western miners

• Eastern merchants

Multiple Choice

Some believed that slaves were better off under the care of whites than on their own based on what?

• Economics

• Racism

• Politics

• Religion