Anti-Slavery Movement Quiz

Which religious groups were primarily involved in the anti-slavery movement before 1830?

• Catholics, Methodists, Lutherans

• Presbyterians, Congregationalists, Baptists, Quakers

• Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs

• Muslims, Jews, Zoroastrians

On what principle did Quakers attack slavery?

• Economic efficiency

• Military strength

• Equality of all people before God

• Political power

What year was the African Slave trade made illegal?

• 1776

• 1808

• 1865

• 1900

Why should the Northern Anti-Slavery movement not be overemphasized?

• It was very aggressive

• It had no impact

• Few slaves were in the North, and freeing them was gradual

• It was supported by the government

What did most abolitionists in the early 1830s believe in regarding emancipation?

• Gradual emancipation with financial compensation

• Immediate emancipation without compensation

• Emancipation through violent rebellion

• Emancipation only for children of slaves

What was the goal of the American Colonization Society?

• To send African slaves back to Africa, specifically Liberia

• To integrate African slaves into American society

• To abolish slavery immediately

• To provide education for African slaves in America

How many ex-slaves returned to Africa out of 2 million African slaves?

• 15,000

• 500,000

• 1,000,000

• 50,000

Why did many Americans dislike the policy of sending African slaves back to Africa?

• They did not want to spend money on it, and most African slaves saw themselves as African American

• They believed it was too expensive and impractical

• They thought it would lead to more slavery

• They wanted to keep the slaves for economic reasons

Who wrote a pamphlet about insurrection and violence as a proper response to slavery in the 1820s?

• David Walker

• Frederick Douglass

• Harriet Tubman

• William Lloyd Garrison

Who wrote the abolitionist newspaper "The Liberator"?

• Frederick Douglass

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• William Lloyd Garrison

• Sojourner Truth