1800s Informational Texts

1800s Informational Texts

10th - 12th Grade

18 Qs

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1800s Informational Texts

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Assessment

Quiz

English

10th - 12th Grade

Medium

CCSS
RL.7.9, RL.8.1, RL.2.6

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Standards-aligned

Created by

Haley Slivka

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18 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the definition of the word Abolitionist?

A person who actively opposed the institution of slavery.

A person who fought on either side of the Civil War.

A person who supported the Republican Party during the 1800s.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

During which time period was the "Second Great Awakening," a new wave of support for abolitionism led by William Lloyd Garrison by the way of Christian appeals to morality?

1790-1840

1860-1910

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the meaning of the term emancipation in the context of abolitionism in the 1800s?

Any form of protest and rebellion.

The beginning of the Civil War.

The freedom of all enslaved people.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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How does the wording of this title on an 1833 abolitionist newspaper encourage readers to adopt the newspaper's point of view?

It was the first time a newspaper used the term "Universal Emancipation."

It uses the word Emancipation instead of Abolition.

It insinuates that if you agree with the newspaper's point of view, you are a genius.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Reread this quote from the text:

"Free African Americans criticized colonization, and middle-class evangelicals radicalized the abolitionist movement."

What is the meaning of the term evangelicals?

Another word for abolitionists.

Rich ruling class people.

Protestant Christians.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which prominent abolitionist helped revive the movement with a powerful autobiography as well as a speech titled, "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?

Harriet Tubman

Frederick Douglass

Elijah Lovejoy

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was Harriet Tubman's important role in the abolitionist movement?

She gave moving speeches that changed public sentiment.

Her writing convinced politicians in Washington to act.

She returned to the South to help many enslaved people escape via the Underground Railroad.

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

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