Week 26: Abolition

Who Were Abolitionists:

Laws were made to keep who enslaved?

• foreigners

• African Americans

• Asian Americans

• Irish Americans

Who Were Abolitionists:

William Lloyd Garrison believed in ______.

• emancipation only

• relocating enslaved people to Africa

• full equality for African Americans

• supporting slavery

Signals, Codes, and Clues of the Underground Railroad:

Who were "passengers" on the Underground Railroad?

• freedom seeking enslaved people

• Quakers

• slave owners

• people from the North

The Underground Railroad:

People who were thought to be helping freedom-seeking people were_____.

• supported greatly with goods and money

• praised in the press and in public ceremonies

• tormented, arrested, and their property burned

• scorned and ridiculed

Harriet Tubman: Why was Harriet Tubman called Moses?

• It was a code from the Underground Railroad

• It was a disguise name

• It was a family name

• It was for leading slaves to freedom

Uncle Tom was the central character in the book Uncle Tom's Cabin. He was ____.

• an abolitionist

• a slave

• a free man

• a slave owner

William Still, Record Keeper:

What was the reason a freedom seeker was asked to change their name?

• to honor their parents

• to confuse slave hunters

• to get a new passport

• to protect the Underground Railroad

Monrovia, Liberia:

What did the American Colonization Society (ACS) want for African Americans?

• full freedom and citizenship

• larger roles in economics and trade

• send them to Africa to live

• continued slavery

Signals, Codes and Clues of the Underground Railroad:

What was the code name on the Underground Railroad for the guide who helped the runaway slaves?

• station master

• conductor

• agent

• passenger

What would happen if a slave was caught running away?

• imprisonment

• losing all their possessions

• severe punishment or death

• being sold to another plantation