Abolition

Prior to the Civil War, abolitionists reacted to the situation described in the poster by

• supporting the Underground Railroad

• opposing the Emancipation Proclamation

• banning freed slaves from Northern states

• proposing a stricter fugitive slave law

In the 1850s, why did many runaway slaves go to Canada?

• They feared being drafted into the Northern army.

• The Fugitive Slave Act kept them at risk in the United States.

• More factory jobs were available in Canada.

• Northern abolitionists refused to help fugitive slaves.

The publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, contributed to the start of the Civil War by

• exposing the dangers of cotton manufacturing

• intensifying Northern dislike of slavery

• pressuring the president to support emancipation

• convincing Congress to ban the importation of slaves

Prior to 1850, what was a main reason the North developed an economy increasingly based on manufacturing while the South continued to rely on an economy based on agriculture?

• Protective tariffs applied only to northern seaports.

• Geographic conditions supported different types of economic activity.

• Slavery in the North promoted rapid economic growth.

• Manufacturers failed to make a profit in the South.

Who was the abolitionist that published the newspaper The North Star?

• William Lloyd Garrison

• Sojourner Truth

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• Frederick Douglass

Which option below explains how William Lloyd Garrison influenced the abolitionist movement?

• He helped Nat Turner initiate a successful slave rebellion.

• He helped Frederick Douglas escape slavery.

• He trained conductors on how to use the Underground Railroad.

• He helped the ideas of the abolitionist movement spread through print.

What abolitionist risked her life traveling back and forth on the Underground Railroad leading slaves to freedom?

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• Harriet Tubman

• Sojourner Truth

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton