Abolition Quiz

Abolition Quiz

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Abolition Quiz

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The term, Abolitionist means...

To aid slaveholders in capturing slaves.
To aid the end of slavery in the U.S. and create rights for former slaves.
To aid slavecatchers.
To aid how people should be treated better in the North.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The slave trade began with 700,000 slaves, but by pre-Civil War there were at least __________ slaves in the U.S.

2 million
800,000
750,000
4 million

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The Underground Railroad was:

A network of secret routes and safe houses starting in the South and ending in the North.
A network of secret routes and safe houses used by 19th-century enslaved people of African descent in the United States.
A network of well-known routes and safe houses used by many.
A network of slaves going back and helping other slaves on a regular basis, saving over 2 million.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Pick which one is the TRUTH. The rest our MYTHS.

Enslaved African Americans were not passive in their escapes. They planned and carried out their own escapes, usually alone.
Most of the “workers” on the Underground Railroad were white abolitionists.
Slaves made quilts that had specific symbols – or codes – that helped slaves escape. Slaves used the quilts since many of them were illiterate.
Myth: All slaves who escaped went to the North.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

There were two types of Abolitionists - those who wanted Freedom and Equality for all humans, and those who:

There was only one type.
Wanted them to return to the South.
Didn't care what happened to slaves.
Wanted former slaves to have rights, but not be able to integrate with society.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The main goal of the Underground Railroad was to escape to:

Ohio
Canada
The Northwest Territories
New York

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Frederick Douglass was a former slave who:

Complained about his new life in the North.
Went into hiding in New York.
Created a platform about returning to Africa.
Spoke up about his experiences as a slave while living in the North.

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