Fredrick Douglass

Frederick Douglass was a known abolitionist. What is an abolitionist? 

• a person who wanted to end slavery.
• a person who wanted to help endangered animals.
• a person who fought for women's rights.
• a presidential candidate.

Where was Frederick Douglass born?

• Massachusetts
• New York
• Washington, D.C.
• Maryland

Frederick Douglass escaped by pretending to be a _________ and traveled north.

• sailor
• carpenter
• blacksmith
• slave

Teaching slaves to read was highly discouraged.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Which of the following best describes Frederick Douglass' life as a child?

• A happy childhood growing up with family

• A slave who moved and hardly knew his parents

• A free child who worked hard on his parents farm

• A rich child who went to the best schools

How did Frederick Douglass learn to read?

• His master taught him how

• He went to the local school

• He learned from the other slaves

• He mostly taught himself

When did Frederick Douglass take the last name 'Douglass'?

• He was born with it

• When he was seven

• After he became a free man

• When he finished writing his first book

What famous convention did Frederick Douglass attend in Seneca Falls, New York?

• The first women's rights convention

• The abolitionists convention

• The black freemen convention

• The Thirteenth Amendment convention

What did President Lincoln do in order to protect black soldiers in the Civil War?

• He agreed that black soldiers would not fight on the front lines

• He refused to allow black soldiers to fight

• He gave them the best weapons and uniforms

• He warned the South that for every Union prisoner killed, he would execute a rebel soldier

What U.S. President did Frederick Douglass work with to help get black men the right to vote?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Andrew Johnson

• Teddy Roosevelt

• Andrew Jackson