Abolitionism

What was Frederick Douglass's role in the abolitionist movement?

• He was a powerful speaker and founded an antislavery paper.

• He did little to help the abolitionist movement.

• He personally ushered escaped slaves to Canada.

What purpose did the Underground Railroad serve?

• It helped runaway slaves escape.

• It served little purpose to the abolitionists and slaves.

• The Underground Railroad was a newspaper.

This woman led slaves to safety on the Underground Railroad:

• Jane Fonda

• Oprah Winfrey

• Harriet Tubman

• Betsy Ross

Uncle Tom's Cabin was a book about _________

• Living in the woods

• How great slavery was

• How terrible slavery was

• The Civil War

What is an abolitionist?

• One that wants to end slavery

• One that wants to expand slavery

• One that wants to be a slave

Which of the following BEST describes the contribution of Harriet Tubman to the Underground Railroad?

• Tubman was a newspaper publisher who denounced the Fugitive Slave Act

• Tubman was a minister who housed escaped enslaved people in her home

• Tubman was an anti-slavery leader who used force against proslavery groups

• Tubman was a conductor who helped enslaved people escape

This former slave and abolitionist became a traveling preacher who spoke out against slavery and gave a famous speech called “Ain’t I A Woman.”

• Harriet Tubman

• Susan B. Anthony

• Sojourner Truth

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton

What group taught that it was a sin for a human to own another?

• Quakers

• Native Americans

• Politicians

• slaves

In the 1820s, Samuel Cornish and John Russwurm set up an abolitionist newspaper. What was the name of it?

• Freedom Journal

• The Liberator

• North Star

What did Samuel Cornish and John Russwurm hope to accomplish with their newspaper?

• they hoped to uphold the system of slavery

• they hoped to change public opinion to fight against slavery

• to tell slaves to fight for their freedom by any means necessary