Ch 14: New Movements in America Assessment

This leader inspired followers of the abolitionist movement by-

• writing Uncle Tom's Cabin

• publishing the anti-slavery newspaper The North Star in Rochester, NY

• organizing the Underground Railroad

• becoming the first African American senator

A person who works to end slavery is called...

• Suffragist

• Abolitionist

• Capitalist

• Humanist

Frederick Douglass' speeches and writings about slaves were believable to people because

• he was a former governor of a southern state.

• he was a former slave owner and treated slaves badly.

• he was a former slave and experienced the conditions himself.

• he was a former abolitionist who fought to end the Civil War.

What contribution did Harriet Tubman make to the anti-slavery movement?

• As a conductor on the Underground Railroad, she led many fugitive slaves to freedom.

• She lectured members of the American Anti-Slavery Society about the evils of slavery.

• As the founder of a southern anti-slavery group, she helped stage many peaceful slave strikes.

• She wrote many essays persuading southern slaveholders to join the abolition movement.

What secret group helped slaves escape to freedom?

• Northern Lights

• National Freedom Road

• Underground Railroad

• Confederates of America

Women played a large role in this movement to end/regulate the sales of alcohol but unfortunately could not get anything passed without the right to vote.

• Temperance movement

• Abolitionist movement

• Women's Rights movement

Who was the famous abolitionist who published the Liberator?

• Harriet Tubman
• Frederick Douglass 
• William Lloyd Garrison
• Harriet Beecher Stowe

This act fueled the antislavery cause across the nation

• Judiciary Act

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Tariff of Abominations

• Confiscation Act

What was Harriet Tubman's nickname?

• Rocky

• Moses

• Granny

• Cat Woman

This slave was born in Maryland who escaped and made 19 journeys to the South to help others escape

• Frederick Douglas
• Henry Brown
• Harriet Tubman