Chapter 13 Abolitionists

Which word is a synonym for "abolish"?

• • end

• increase

• Tax

• Vote

What was the main goal of the abolitionist movement?

• • to give slaves the right to vote

• • to eliminate slavery in the United States

• • to help Southerners catch runaway slaves

• • to stop slavery from spreading into new U.S. territories

Which person’s name belongs in the center of the graphic organizer?

• • Harriet Tubman

• • William Lloyd Garrison

• • Frederick Douglass

• • Thomas Jefferson

• Who wrote an anti-slavery newspaper called The Liberator to end slavery everywhere?

• • Harriet Tubman

• • Thomas Jefferson

• • Frederick Douglass

• • William Lloyd Garrison

Who is best known for his or her role in leading hundreds of enslaved African Americans to freedom on the Underground Railroad?

• • William Lloyd Garrison

• • Harriet Tubman

• • Thomas Jefferson

• • Frederick Douglass

Abolitionists wanted to end slavery for multiple reasons.
Which argument against slavery does the text shown here best support?

• • Slavery is a violation of the principles of democracy.

• • Slavery is morally wrong.

• • Slavery is cruel and inhumane.

• • Presidents didn't own any slaves in the past.

Many cities in Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania, and other Northern states have historic homes that served as safe houses on the Underground Railroad.
What is meant by the term “safe houses”?

• • places where weapons were prohibited

• • places where abolitionists could meet in secret

• • places where free blacks could live and work safely

• • places where fugitive slaves could hide during the day