Abolition

____ was the movement to end slavery in America.

• The Suffrage Movement

• The Abolition Movement

• The Emancipation Movement

• The Citizen's Rights Movement

Which definition best describes the Underground Railroad.

• A system of escape routes.

• A system of escape routes that helped slaves.

• A system of escape routes that helped slaves escape to the north.

• A railroad that was underground.

An escaped slave, this man toured the country speaking about the horrors of slavery. His story horrified thousands of people, and made them abolitionists too. He also started the abolitionist newspaper "The North Star".

• William Lloyd Garrison

• Frederick Douglass

• John Brown

• Nat Turner

A white abolitionist, this man started the abolitionist newspaper "The Liberator". His newspaper was very popular and convinced thousands of people to become abolitionists. He faced a lot of violence and opposition for his views that slaves should be freed and given equal rights.

• William Lloyd Garrison

• Frederick Douglass

• John Brown

• Nat Turner

An escaped slave, this woman was the most famous conductor on the Underground RR.

• Harriett Beecher Stowe

• Sojourner Truth

• The Grimke Sisters

• Harriett Tubman

Former slave, travels the country arguing for women's rights and abolition

• William Lloyd Garrison
• Sojourner Truth
• Harriet Beecher Stowe
• Harriet Tubman

Author of America as It Is- Pamphlets against Slavery

• Angelina and Sarah Grimke

• Lucretia Mott

• Frederick Douglas

• Harriet Tubman

Why was the Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society founded?

• To call for an immediate end to slavery in the South.

• To provide women with a platform to campaign to end slavery in the South.

• To call for an immediate end to abolition

• To provide a gradual end to slavery and to promote the rights of female slaves.

Select ALL that apply:

Abolitionists believed slavery ___.

• was morally wrong

• was cruel and inhumane

• was a violation of the principals of democracy

• should be ended immediately

• would eventually fade out

How did politicians attempt to preserve peace around the slave issue?

• Made it impossible to talk about slavery in Congress

• Abolished slavery

• Went to war with Mexico

• Established free states and slave states