Changing Abolitionism

Which of the following forced Northerners to help capture escaped enslaved people?

• slavery

• abolitionism

• the Fugitive Slave Act

• the Underground Railroad

Which of the following BEST describes the reaction of Northerners to the Fugitive Slave Act?

• Many were displeased, which increased tensions over slavery

• Many were relieved that their way of life could be preserved

• Many were upset because they felt the act benefited enslaved people

• Many felt the law healed the rift between North and South

How did the Fugitive Slave Act affect the rights of free African Americans in the North?

• it required them to work for lower wages

• it limited their freedom of speech

• it prevented them from traveling to Canada

• it stripped them of their right to trial by jury

After the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act, many free African-Americans

• moved to California

• took jobs as railroad workers

• were enslaved in the South

• testified against slave hunters in court

How did the Fugitive Slave Act affect the legal systems of free states of the North?

• it prompted the creation of new personal liberty laws

• it prevented attorneys from representing fugitive slaves in court

• it prompted passage of laws against personal liberties for fugitive slaves

• it changed how judges ruled at trials held in Northern courts

How did the Fugitive Slave Act affect the Underground Railroad?

• it prevented it from functioning

• it prompted an expansion of its operations

• it made people afraid to shelter enslaved people

• it prompted a decrease in its operations

Who led a raid on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in 1859?

• John Brown

• Frederick Douglass

• William Lloyd Garrison

• Reverend Luther Lee

Why did John Brown lead the raid on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia in 1859?

• to inspire Southern slaveholders to resist abolitionists

• to inspire an armed uprising of enslaved African Americans

• to protest the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act

• to protest the use of militia to defend fugitive slave hunters

After John Brown was tried, convicted, and hanged, many Northerners

• attacked the prison where he had been held

• considered him a hero of the antislavery cause

• feared others would embrace violence as he had

• worried about the admiration that surrounded him

After John Brown was tried, convicted, and hanged, most Northerners

• wanted the prison where he had been held closed

• were relieved that he was dead

• thought his actions caused violence to increase

• considered him a hero