Chapter 16: Abolitionist Leaders

These are notes taken by a student in class.

What is the best title for these notes? 

• John Brown

• William Lloyd Garrison

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• Harriet Tubman

Which historical figure helped run the Underground Railroad?

• William Lloyd Garrison

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• Harriet Tubman

• John Brown

Which historical figure published the abolitionist newspaper known as The Liberator ?

• Frederick Douglass

• William Lloyd Garrison

• Abraham Lincoln

• Harriet Tubman

A person who believed that slavery should be illegal in the United States was known as what?

• abolitionist

• cooperationist

• economist

• separatist

This map shows escape routes used by runaway slaves prior to the Civil War. What was the name of this system of routes which helped slaves escape to freedom?

• Underground Railroad

• Freedom Highway

• Night Roads

• Hidden Paths

This poster announced a meeting of people in South Carolina. 

Which group of people most likely went to this meeting?

• Native Americans

• African slaves

• secessionists

• abolitionists

For which action is Harriet Tubman famous?

• writing the book Uncle Tom's Cabin

• guiding slaves to freedom using the Underground Railroad

• editing a newspaper called the Liberator

• helping bounty hunters catch slaves