Abolition and Suffrage Study Guide

Which principle of democracy did slavery violate?

• all people should have the right to vote

• all people should be equally represented in Congress

• that there should be checks and balances in government

• all people are created equal

Which would NOT be a good idea when traveling on the Underground Railroad?

• telling everyone you were trying to escape

• traveling at night quietly

• listening to the conductor

• staying in safe houses from the South to the North

What was Sojourner Truth’s occupation for most of her life?

• teacher

• slave

• writer

• traveling preacher

Which abolitionist wrote the anti-slavery newspaper called the North Star?

• Frederick Douglass

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton

• Harriet Tubman

• Sojourner Truth

Which person was NOT a slave who escaped from the south?

• Sojourner Truth

• Harriet Tubman

• Frederick Douglass

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Who was the person who gave the speech “Ain’t I A Woman” at a women’s rights convention in Ohio?

• Harriet Tubman

• Mary McLeod Bethune

• Sojourner Truth

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Which geographic region of the United States did Harriet Tubman and Sojourner Truth escape from in order to become free?

• North

• West

• South

• Northwest

Which of the following people attended a convention in Seneca Falls, New York for women’s rights?

• Benjamin Franklin

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton

• Harriet Tubman

• Sojourner Truth

Who helped to start the National Women’s Suffrage Association and became it’s president?

• Frederick Douglass

• Sojourner Truth

• Harriet Tubman

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Which person was a conductor on the Underground Railroad, leading slaves to freedom in the North?

• Susan B. Anthony

• Sojourner Truth

• Harriet Tubman

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton