Age of Reform Day 3

Age of Reform Day 3!!!

Abolitionists

• Abolitionist groups in the north worked to end slavery

• William Lloyd Garrison created an anti-slavery newspaper called The Liberator

• Frederick Douglass was an escaped slave from Maryland who published an anti-slavery newspaper: The North Star
  

Frederick Douglas

Multiple Choice

Who published the anti-slavery newspaper, the North Star?

• Thomas Jefferson
• Frederick Douglass
• Abraham Lincoln
• Harriet Tubman

Open Ended

Why do you think Frederick Douglas named his newspaper 'The North Star?'

Multiple Choice

What was the abolition movement?

• An effort to increase the number of slaves in the United States
• A movement to improve working conditions for slaves

• A social and movement to end the practice of slavery

• A movement to promote the expansion of slavery

Multiple Choice

Which amendment protected the rights of people in the North to publish anti-slavery newspapers?

• Tenth Amendment
• First Amendment
• Fifth Amendment
• Second Amendment

Underground Railroad

• A series of paths and hiding places that runaway slaves could use to get to the northern U.S., or Canada

• A “conductor” would help show runaways which way to go during the night

• The most famous “conductor” was Harriet Tubman - a.k.a. “Black Moses”

Multiple Choice

What was the underground railroad?

• A type of secret society for wealthy individuals
• Secret routes and safe houses used to help slaves escape

• A system of subways built by the government
• An underground market for illegal goods

Open Ended

Do you think the Underground Railroad was literally underground? How do you think it worked?