1800s Informational Texts

What is the definition of the word Abolitionist?

• A person who actively opposed the institution of slavery.

• A person who fought on either side of the Civil War.

• A person who supported the Republican Party during the 1800s.

During which time period was the "Second Great Awakening," a new wave of support for abolitionism led by William Lloyd Garrison by the way of Christian appeals to morality?

• 1790-1840

• 1860-1910

What is the meaning of the term emancipation in the context of abolitionism in the 1800s?

• Any form of protest and rebellion.

• The beginning of the Civil War.

• The freedom of all enslaved people.

How does the wording of this title on an 1833 abolitionist newspaper encourage readers to adopt the newspaper's point of view?

• It was the first time a newspaper used the term "Universal Emancipation."

• It uses the word Emancipation instead of Abolition.

• It insinuates that if you agree with the newspaper's point of view, you are a genius.

Reread this quote from the text:

"Free African Americans criticized colonization, and middle-class evangelicals radicalized the abolitionist movement."

What is the meaning of the term evangelicals?

• Another word for abolitionists.

• Rich ruling class people.

• Protestant Christians.

Which prominent abolitionist helped revive the movement with a powerful autobiography as well as a speech titled, "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?

• Harriet Tubman

• Frederick Douglass

• Elijah Lovejoy

What was Harriet Tubman's important role in the abolitionist movement?

• She gave moving speeches that changed public sentiment.

• Her writing convinced politicians in Washington to act.

• She returned to the South to help many enslaved people escape via the Underground Railroad.

What 1852 book by Harriet Beecher Stowe became the best-selling book of the 19th century, second only to the Bible?

• Uncle Tom's Cabin

• The Liberator

• Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

The violence of the 1850s culminated in which historic event in 1859?

• John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry.

• Northern mobs attacked abolitionist printing presses.

• The Republican party was overthrown by angry radicals.

Why were the ideas of abolitionists considered "radical" in the 1800s?

• All Americans agreed that slavery was wrong throughout the 1800s.

• Abolitionists wanted the South to be its own country, dividing the US

• Most Americans, even northerners, held white supremacist beliefs.