Unit 5: Opposition to Slavery Quiz

Who were two well-known abolitionists in South Carolina?

• Harriet Tubman and Nat Turner

• John Brown and Denmark Vesey

• Nat Turner and John Brown

• Sarah and Angelina Grimke

What was the Denmark Vesey Plot?

• A massive slave revolt planned by a freed slave in Charleston

• A law requiring all escaped slaves to be returned to their masters

• A network of secret routes and safe houses for escaped slaves

• A failed attempt to start an armed slave revolt

Which state did Nat Turner's Rebellion take place in?

• South Carolina

• Virginia

• Georgia

• North Carolina

What was the result of John Brown's Raid?

• The raid succeeded in starting an armed slave revolt

• The raid caused further mistrust of abolitionists in the North

• The raid failed and Brown was executed

• The raid led to the capture of many escaped slaves

What was the Underground Railroad?

• A failed attempt to start an armed slave revolt

• A law requiring all escaped slaves to be returned to their masters

• A network of secret routes and safe houses for escaped slaves

• A group of abolitionists in the South

What was the Fugitive Slave Act?

• A law requiring all escaped slaves to be returned to their masters

• A law requiring escaped slaves to be returned to their masters

• A network of secret routes and safe houses for escaped slaves

• A failed attempt to start an armed slave revolt

What did the Fugitive Slave Act require?

• All escaped slaves be returned to their masters, even if they were captured in a free state

• All escaped slaves be given protection in the South

• All escaped slaves be sent to Haiti

• All escaped slaves be given freedom in the North

What impact did the actions of abolitionists and the slave revolts have on the U.S.?

• They led to the end of slavery in America

• They worsened the growing sectionalism in the U.S. before the Civil War

• They had no impact on the U.S.

• They led to the acceptance of the Abolitionist Movement

What was the purpose of the Underground Railroad?

• To help slaves escape the South and move to the North

• To help slaves organize revolts in the South

• To help abolitionists spread their message in the South

• To help slaves find work in the North

What did the Fugitive Slave Act anger northern states and abolitionists?

• It required all escaped slaves be returned to their masters, even if they were captured in a free state

• It led to the capture of many escaped slaves in the North

• It allowed escaped slaves to be given freedom in the North

• It required all escaped slaves be sent to Haiti