Abolition Movement

Which statement best summarizes the influence of Uncle Tom’s Cabin?

• The book’s shocking and emotional details turned many Northerners against slaves.

• The book’s shocking and emotional details turned many Southerners against slaves.

• The book’s shocking and emotional details turned many Northerners against slavery.

• The book’s shocking and emotional details turned many Southerners against slavery.

Who gave the famous "ain't I a woman?" speech

• Margaret Fuller

• Sojourner Truth

• Harriet Tubman

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

Brave individuals spoke out about the injustices of _________ in an attempt to end the institution in the United States.

• slavery

• unequal pay

• no health care

An abolitionist was a person who wanted to end __________.

• violence

• wars

• slavery

• world hunger

How did William Lloyd Garrison work to end slavery?

• He began a radio program that focused on the evils of slavery.

• He published a newspaper that called for the immediate freedom for all enslave people.

• He gave speeches around the nation about the horrors of slavery.

Which phrase below best sums up the story of Sarah and Angelina Grimke'?

• After witnessing the cruelty of slavery firsthand while growing up on their parents' plantation in South Carolina, the two sisters became abolitionists and worked to end slavery. Because of this, their family disowned them.

• The two sisters wrote for a local newspaper about the cruelty of slavery. After reading their stories, William Lloyd Garrison recruited them to write for his national newspaper.

Who was Charles Remond?

• He was born into a wealthy, free African-American family in Salem, Massachusetts. He worked as an agent in the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society and traveled and spoke with Garrison, Phillips, and others.

• He was born into a family trapped in slavery in Virginia. He escaped at age 14 and moved to Massachusetts, where he worked to end slavery.

How did Robert Purvis and his wife, Harriet Forten, work to end slavery?

• They wrote newspaper articles to inform people about slavery.

• They made dangerous trips into the south to help enslaved people escape.

• They worked to change racist and discriminatory laws.

• They were active in the Underground Railroad by housing escapees in their home, which was known as the Purvis "safe house."

How did former President John Quincy Adams view the ideals of the Declaration of Independence and slavery?

• He believed that the ideals of the Declaration of Independence only applied to rich landowners, and he wanted to keep slavery as an institution.

• He believed that the ideals of the Declaration of Independence applied to all people, and he wanted to make every child born after July 4, 1842, free.

In your view, did former President John Quincy Adams' ideas about slavery go far enough to protect enslaved people and end slavery once and for all? Explain your answer in one to two sentences.