Abolitionist Quiz

A group of reformers who wanted to abolish, or end, slavery.

• The Union

• Abolitionists

• Conductors

• Northerners

In 1780, _______________ became the first state to pass a law that gradually eliminated slavery.

• Ohio

• New York

• Massachusetts

• Pennsylvania

Which state entered the Union in 1803 and became the first state to ban slavery in its state constitution?

• Georgia

• Pennsylvania

• Ohio

• Michigan

When was the American Colonization Society established?

• 1800

• 1852

• 1817

• 1890

Which abolitionist assisted 3,000 fugitive slaves on the Underground Railroad?

• William Lloyd Garrison

• Frederick Douglass

• Susan B. Anthony

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

Who was the most powerful speaker for the Abolitionist?

• Harriet Tubman

• William Lloyd Garrison

• Frederick Douglass

• Sojourner Truth

Harriet Tubman escaped from slavery and escorted more than ___ people to freedom via the Underground Railroad.

• 100

• 900

• 500

• 300

Frederick Douglass published his own antislavery newspaper called, what?

• the Liberator

• the Abolition Movement

• the North Star

• the End to Slavery

What president did the abolitionist movement win support from?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Benjamin Franklin

• John Quincy Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

Harriet Tubman was nicknamed the _______ _______.

• Black Moses

• Purple Lily

• Black Mamba

• Yellow Sunflower