7.4 Abolitionism

Why were Harriet Tubman's actions as a conductor on the Underground Railroad considered civil disobedience?

• She disobeyed the masters of enslaved African Americans.

• She broke the law to help enslaved African Americans.

• She disobeyed civil authorities.

• She disobeyed the rules of the Underground Railroad to help enslaved African Americans.

Why were people fleeing slavery using the Underground Railroad to escape into Canada?

• Canada encouraged people fleeing slavery in the United States to become residents there.

• Although free African Americans could live in the northern United States, they preferred to live in a country where no slavery was allowed

• Both federal laws and some state laws allowed fugitives to be caught and returned to slavery in the South, even if they had reached a state that did not permit slavery.

• Canada was free of discrimination against African Americans and offered better job opportunities.

The earliest organized opposition to slavery was based on

• opposition to cruelty.

• economic beliefs.

• political beliefs.

• religious beliefs.

What was the main reason that there were 20 times as many enslaved African Americans in the South as in the North by 1800?

• The North had been gradually freeing enslaved African Americans for many years.

• The southern economy depended heavily on slave labor.

• The Second Great Awakening had less effect on the South.

• Southerners had purchased most of the North's enslaved African Americans.

How did Frederick Douglass defy the laws on slavery?

• He escaped slavery.

• He learned to read.

• He spoke out against slavery.

• He worked to end slavery.

The Underground Railroad was an example of

• improvements in transportation.

• the cruelty of slavery.

• social reform.

• civil disobedience.

What was the main reason many business owners in the North opposed abolition?

• They relied on slave labor in their factories.

• They had invested in slave plantations.

• They feared that free African Americans would organize strikes.

• They depended on a steady supply of cotton from the South.