Abolition Movement Quiz

What was the major point of contention over state representation in Congress at the Constitutional Convention in 1787?

• Taxation issues

• Slavery

• Foreign policy

• Trade regulations

What did the three-fifths compromise declare about slaves when counting towards a state's population size?

• They do not count at all

• They count as three-fifths of a person

• They count as two-thirds of a person

• They count as one person

What did the American Colonization Society focus on in its early abolitionist efforts?

• Advocating for equal citizenship rights for African Americans

• Immediate and complete emancipation of all slaves in America

• Establishing African American colleges in the North

• Gradually resettling freed slaves back to Africa

Who established the most popular anti-slavery newspaper of the era, The Liberator?

• Sojourner Truth

• Frederick Douglass

• William Lloyd Garrison

• Harriet Tubman

What did the Fugitive Slave Act require of all citizens, even in free States?

• Help catch and return runaway slaves to their owners

• Provide education for freed slaves

• Grant voting rights to freed slaves

• Offer financial compensation to freed slaves

What was the purpose of the Underground Railroad?

• To facilitate communication between abolitionist groups

• To help runaway slaves evade recapture

• To provide shelter for homeless people

• To transport goods between states

Who was the most famous conductor of the Underground Railroad?

• Frederick Douglass

• Harriet Tubman

• Sojourner Truth

• David Walker

What did the abolition movement sow the seeds for in the decades to come?

• The environmental conservation movement

• The labor rights movement

• The civil rights movement

• The women's suffrage movement

What did Frederick Douglass advocate for in addition to emancipation from slavery?

• Equal pay for African Americans

• Separate but equal treatment for African Americans

• Limited voting rights for African Americans

• Full citizenship rights for African Americans

What did the Grimke sisters do with the slaves they inherited in their mother's will?

• Sold them to other slave owners

• Freed them immediately

• Sent them to a colony in Africa

• Forced them to work on their plantation