Frederick Douglass Pop Quiz

Frederick Douglass was a prominent abolitionist. Which of these other people was also an abolitionist?

• Stephen A. Douglas

• William Lloyd Garrison

• Jefferson Davis

• George Washington

Why was it illegal to teach enslaved people to read and write? Choose the best answer

• so they couldn't write to their families

• So that they wouldn't be able to read slaveholder's private letters

• So that they wouldn't read the Bible and become Christians

• So that they didn't learn "dangerous" ideas about freedom and equality

How did Frederick Douglass learn to read and write?

• In a classroom with other African-American children

• Through formal lessons with his owner's young son

• First from the plantation owner's wife and then in secret

• From older enslaved people on the plantation where he was born

Please these events in order:

A) Douglass meets Lincoln

B) Douglass publishes his first book

C) Douglass starts his own newspaper

• C, B, A

• B, C, A

• C, A, B

• B, A, C

What's the most likely reason why Douglass supported women's rights and Irish home rule?

• Both causes involved groups whose freedoms had been limited by others.

• He was friends with many women, and he was also part-Irish.

• It was the politically correct thing to do.

• All 19th century abolitionists supported these two causes.

After the Civil War broke out, Douglass urged Lincoln to emancipate the slaves. What does "emancipate" mean?

• educate

• draft

• free

• deport

As a young man, how did Douglass escape from the North?

• He disguised himself as a sailor.

• He traveled through the Underground Railroad

• He had the help of Harriet Tubman

• He joined an all-Black regiment during the Civil War

Which of these is a fact about Frederick Douglass?

• He never knew for certain who his father was.

• His books were the most entertaining pieces of writing of his time.

• He was a handsome man.

• Abraham Lincoln considered him his best friend.