Lesson 4 Abolition Final

Multiple Choice

What was the legal status of slaves in the United States?

• citizen
• property
• dependents
• immigrants

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Why did Southerners who did not own slaves support slavery?

• They feared the power of the slaveholders.
• They believed they would be able to own slaves someday.
• They knew that the Southern economy depended on slave labor.
• They understood that the Constitution did not ban slavery in the South.

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What did Harriet Tubman’s work with the Underground Railroad involve?

• As a freed slave, she led others to take a stand against slave owners.
• As a freed slave, she bought slaves and then gave them their freedom.
• As an escaped slave, she guided slaves from the South to freedom.
• As an escaped slave, she opened a school for those who traveled to Canada.

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How did Southern states respond to slave rebellions?

• They gave slaves some freedom.
• They began to understand that slavery was wrong.
• They passed even stricter slave codes.
• They refused to take slaves back when they were captured.

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Free African American who wrote the newspaper the North Star

• John Brown

• William Lloyd Garrison

• Fredrick Douglass

• Elijah Lovejoy

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A complete end to slavery

• abolition
• abolitionist
• emancipation
• dehumanization

Multiple Choice

The first newspaper to demand the full abolition of slavery was...

• The Abolition Paper
• Uncle Tom's Cabin
• The Liberator
• The New York Times

Multiple Choice

Uncle Tom's Cabin portrayed slaves as

• good Christians
• evil slaveholders
• fugitive slaves
• founding fathers

Multiple Choice

John Brown believed the only way to end slavery was by...

• emancipating the slaves
• an armed slave revolt
• the South leaving the US
• sending the slaves to Africa

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John Brown attacked Harper's Ferry because it was a...

• military arsenal
• slave prison
• government office
• slave plantation

Multiple Choice

Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?

• Frederick Douglass

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• Angelina Grimke

• William Lloyd Garrison

Multiple Choice

Abolitionists thought slavery was _____________________ wrong.

• morally

• really

• mentally

• physically

Abolition 1.1.3

By Lauren Dodge

Multiple Choice

The Constitution said the slave trade could be ended in 1808. ______ the president, reminded the government of this and a law was passed that ended the slave trade.

• Lincoln

• Nixon

• Jefferson

• Edison

Poll

Use what you already know...

If the slave trade legally ended in 1808, does that mean all slavery stopped in 1808?

• Yes, all slavery was illegal and nobody did it.

• No, the trade was illegal but people already had slaves and continued to use them.

Multiple Choice

What does morally wrong mean?

• goes against values and beliefs

• illegal

• secret

• unpopular

Multiple Choice

People who advocated for keeping slavery said that getting rid of it would ____.

• be a good idea

• be internal

• hurt the economy

• be profitable

Multiple Choice

True or false?

Slavery effectively divided the country into very different enviornments.

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

Does having new states join the Union cause disagreement between the Northern and Southern states?

• Yes, because North and South want equal power.

• No, new states could choose what they wanted to be.

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The ____ was an agreement made in 1820, when Missouri was joining the Union as a slave state. To keep the balance of power, Maine also joined, but as a free state. It kept the North and South together, but there was still a lot of tension.

• Ohio Compromise

• Missouri Compromise

• Massachusetts

  Compromise

• Maine Compromise

Multiple Choice

What would James Henry Hammond say about whether or not slavery should end?

• He would say it should not end because he did not think that all people were equal.

• He would say it should because all people were equal.

• He said that slavery was not an important part of the economy or social structure.

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What did European countries decide about slavery?

• European countries started first and continued longer.

• They banned slavery shortly after seeing that America did.

• European countries mostly banned slavery in the early 1800s.

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Which was not debated? (Find the one most people agreed about).

• how soon slavery should end

• if owners should be paid for their slaves

• if slavery was dividing the country

Multiple Choice

What is an abolitionist

• Someone who wants to violently free enslaved people

• Someone who promotes the expansion of slavery

• Someone who advocates for the end of slavery

Multiple Choice

Who wrote “The Liberator”

• John Brown

• Angelina Grimke

• Frederick Douglass

• William Lloyd Garrison

Multiple Choice

What was the Underground Railroad?

• Underground tunnels that went from slave states to Canada

• Secret railroads that enslaved people used to escape north

• Network of safe houses to lead enslaved people to freedom

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Free African American who wrote the newspaper the North Star

• John Brown

• William Lloyd Garrison

• Fredrick Douglass

• Elijah Lovejoy

Multiple Choice

____ was the movement to end slavery in America.

• The Suffrage Movement

• The Abolition Movement

• The Emancipation Movement

• The Citizen's Rights Movement

Multiple Choice

Abolitionists believed slavery ___.

• was morally wrong

• was great for us

• Would stay here forever

• would eventually fade out

Multiple Choice

Which abolitionist led hundreds of slaves to freedom along the Underground Railroad?

• Ms Cerroo

• Sojourner Truth

• Harriet Tubman

• William Lloyd Garrison

• Sharon owo

Multiple Choice

____ was a former enslaved African American, and was a nationally known advocate for equality and justice.

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton

• Sojourner Truth

• Harriet Tubman

• Susan B. Anthony

• Frederick Douglass