Quiz on Slavery and Abolitionism

What did many whites and African Americans do to publicly call for the end of slavery?

• They organized protests in major cities.

• They began writing books and publishing newspapers.

• They created artworks that depicted the horrors of slavery.

• They petitioned the government to change laws.

What was the purpose of the Underground Railroad?

• To transport goods secretly between the North and South.

• To help enslaved people escape from the South.

• To provide a transportation system for abolitionists.

• To smuggle weapons to resistance groups in the South.

Why did white Southerners require enslaved labor?

• To maintain their way of life.

• To build infrastructure in the South.

• To support the Northern economy.

• To train new soldiers for the military.

What was a concern among many white Northerners regarding freed African Americans?

• They worried that freed African Americans would not be able to find jobs.

• They worried that freed African Americans would never blend into American society.

• They worried that freed African Americans would move to the North in large numbers.

• They worried that freed African Americans would demand reparations.

What was the approach called that aimed to end the slave trade and then slowly end slavery itself?

• Abolitionism

• Gradualism

• Colonization

• Quakerism

What was the result of the 1787 compromise regarding slavery?

• Both the North and South chose to abolish slavery

• Both the North and South chose to continue the practice of slavery

• The North chose to abolish slavery, and the South chose to continue the practice

• The North and South both chose to slowly end slavery

Who were the initial abolitionists primarily composed of?

• Members of the Quaker community

• Members of the American Colonization Society

• African American leaders

• Southern plantation owners

What was the name of the colony that the American Colonization Society established in West Africa?

• Ghana

• Sierra Leone

• Liberia

• Nigeria

Why did many African Americans not want to move to the colony established by the American Colonization Society?

• They did not know about the colony

• They were not offered any incentives

• They did not want to leave America

• The colony was not safe

What did William Lloyd Garrison do to fight against slavery?

• Wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin

• Started two anti-slavery societies with over 1,000 chapters

• Freed some family slaves

• Called for a gradual end to slavery