The Abolition Movement

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How did reformers in the 19th century communicate their ideas to others?

• cell phone texts

• Instagram and Facebok

• letters and newspaper articles

• telegraph messages

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Brave individuals spoke out about the injustices of _________ in an attempt to end the institution in the United States.

• slavery

• unequal pay

• no health care

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An abolitionist was a person who wanted to end __________.

• violence

• wars

• slavery

• world hunger

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How did William Lloyd Garrison work to end slavery?

• He began a radio program that focused on the evils of slavery.

• He published a newspaper that called for the immediate freedom for all enslave people.

• He gave speeches around the nation about the horrors of slavery.

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What does the word emancipation mean?

• voting rights

• freedom

• citizenship

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How did former President John Quincy Adams view the ideals of the Declaration of Independence and slavery?

• He believed that the ideals of the Declaration of Independence only applied to rich landowners, and he wanted to keep slavery as an institution.

• He believed that the ideals of the Declaration of Independence applied to all people, and he wanted to make every child born after July 4, 1842, free.

In your view, did former President John Quincy Adams' ideas about slavery go far enough to protect enslaved people and end slavery once and for all? Explain your answer in one to two sentences.

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Which phrase below best sums up the story of Sarah and Angelina Grimke'?

• After witnessing the cruelty of slavery firsthand while growing up on their parents' plantation in South Carolina, the two sisters became abolitionists and worked to end slavery. Because of this, their family disowned them.

• The two sisters wrote for a local newspaper about the cruelty of slavery. After reading their stories, William Lloyd Garrison recruited them to write for his national newspaper.

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How did David Walker work to end slavery?

• He made secret trips onto southern plantations in an attempt to rescue enslaved people.

• He printed antislavery pamphlets and sewed them into the pockets of clothing he sold to sailors.

• He wrote newspaper articles speaking out against slavery.

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Who was Charles Remond?

• He was born into a wealthy, free African-American family in Salem, Massachusetts. He worked as an agent in the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society and traveled and spoke with Garrison, Phillips, and others.

• He was born into a family trapped in slavery in Virginia. He escaped at age 14 and moved to Massachusetts, where he worked to end slavery.