The Rendition of Anthony Burns Source Quiz

The Rendition of Anthony Burns Source Quiz

11th Grade

10 Qs

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The Rendition of Anthony Burns Source Quiz

The Rendition of Anthony Burns Source Quiz

Assessment

Quiz

History

11th Grade

Easy

Created by

Riley Bogema

Used 1+ times

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the main message of the broadside "The Man is Not Bought!"?

To support the Fugitive Slave Act and return Anthony Burns to Charles Suttle!

To encourage citizens to rescue Anthony Burns (correct)

To promote the sale of slaves

To announce a public trial

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How did the pamphlet "Boston Slave Riot and Trial of Anthony Burns" describe the trial?

As a peaceful event that lacked any sort of protest from local citizens

As a spectacle of high interest with intense excitement (correct)

As a minor incident

As a celebration of the Fugitive Slave Act

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was Charles Suttle's main argument in his letter to Edward Greely Loring?

The Fugitive Slave Act is unconstitutional

Anthony Burns should be freed because he had left a slave state for a free state

His property rights must be upheld under the Fugitive Slave Act (correct)

The federal government should abolish slavery

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the purpose of the newspaper article in "The Richmond Enquirer"?

To criticize the Fugitive Slave Act because it infringed upon the rights of states

To defend the enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Law (correct)

To support the abolitionist movement

To announce the end of slavery

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How did Richard Henry Dana, Jr. view the case of Anthony Burns in his letter to Charles Sumner?

As a minor legal issue but felt that the President should ask Congress to overturn the Fugitive Slave Act.

As a case that stirred the conscience of Boston and awakened moral outrage (correct)

As a victory for the Fugitive Slave Act

As an event that should be ignored

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was President Franklin Pierce's primary purpose in his message to Congress?

To abolish the Fugitive Slave Act

To support the execution of the Fugitive Slave Act and protect property rights (correct)

To criticize the federal government

To promote the abolitionist movement by resisting the Southern Slave Power!

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who was the intended audience for President Franklin Pierce's message to Congress?

Southern plantation owners

Abolitionists

Members of Congress and the American public (correct)

Foreign diplomats

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