Lesson 7.4 Abolitionism Quiz

What was the main goal of the American Colonization Society?

• to send freed African Americans to a colony in the West

• to end slavery by sending African Americans to Africa

• to establish an American colony in Africa

Why were Harriet Tubman's actions as a conductor on the Underground Railroad considered civil disobedience?

• She disobeyed the rules of the Underground Railroad to help enslaved African Americans.

• She broke the law to help enslaved African Americans.

• She disobeyed civil authorities.

In defense of slavery, white southerners liked to say that African Americans they had enslaved were better off than

• factory workers in the North.

• free African Americans in Liberia.

• free African Americans in the North.

The earliest organized opposition to slavery was based on

Responses

• economic beliefs.

• opposition to cruelty.

• religious beliefs.

What was the main reason that there were 20 times as many enslaved African Americans in the South as in the North by 1800?

• The southern economy depended heavily on slave labor.

• The North had been gradually freeing enslaved African Americans for many years.

• Southerners had purchased most of the North’s enslaved African Americans.

How did Frederick Douglass defy the laws on slavery?

Responses

• He spoke out against slavery.

• He worked to end slavery.

• He learned to read.

The Underground Railroad was an example of

Responses

• social reform.

• civil disobedience.

• improvements in transportation.

What was the main reason many business owners in the North opposed abolition?

• They depended on a steady supply of cotton from the South.

• They feared that free African Americans would organize strikes.

• They relied on slave labor in their factories.