Reform Movement Day 4

Frederick Douglas played an important role in the Abolition Movement by - (Hint: Newspaper)

• becoming an elected member of Congress that persuaded other congressmen to vote to end slavery

• serving as a conductor on the Underground Railroad to help other slaves escape to the North

• traveling around the world calling for slavery to end

• creating an abolitionist newspaper called “The North Star”

The publishing of Uncle Tom’s Cabin resulted in -

• many Northers deciding to take action to end slavery

• Northerners understanding why slavery was needed in the South

• Abraham Lincoln declaring that slavery was abolished in every state

• many Southern Plantation owners freeing their slavers

The person most closely associated with the Underground Railroad is -

• Frederick Douglas

• Abraham Lincoln

• William Lloyd Garrison

• Harriet Tubman

What was one major impact of this novel?

• the profits from book sales funded early labor organizations

• Congress was inspired to pass laws to protect slavery

• The Supreme Court overturned fugitive slave laws

• Support grew for the abolitionist movement

Who help find the Transcendentalism movement?

• Horace Mann

• Ralph Waldo Emerson

• Henry David Thoreau

• Harriet Tubman

what reform movement has to do with listening to your inner-self, your conscience, to determine what is right and wrong

• Transcendentalism

• Abolitionism

• Temperance

Which of the following statements would reflect the ideas of transcendentalism?

• “A man must obey the laws of his country first, otherwise chaos would ensue.”

• “If slavery were spread, Americas economy would grow because of there would be more free labor

  available.”

• “A transcontinental railroad must be built! We must connect the east and west coasts so that goods can

  travel more efficiently.”

• “I don’t care about the law. I care about what I know to be right and wrong. I must commit my life to making slavery illegal in this country.”

Which of the two individuals below is most closely associated with the Transcendentalist Movement?

• Harriet Beecher Stowe and Horace Mann

• Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau

• Harriet Beecher Stowe and Harriet Tubman

• Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton

Which of the following is an example of civil disobedience?

• A man not paying his taxes to because he wants to keep more of his money

• A plantation owner freeing all his slaves because he believes slavery is immoral

• A man not paying his taxes because the government permitted slavery

Henry David Thoreau refused to pay his taxes because -

• he did not vote for the president

• he did not want to support a government that allowed slavery

• he did not believe in taxation without representation

• he gave all his money to the abolition movement