Studies Weekly Week 28 Abolition

Laws were made to keep which group enslaved?

• foreigners

• African Americans

• Asian Americans

• Irish Americans

William Lloyd Garrison believed in ________________________.

• emancipation only

• relocating enslaved people to Africa

• full equality for African Americans

• supporting slaver

Who were “passengers” on the Underground Railroad?

• freedom-seeking enslaved people

• Quakers

• slave owners

• people from the North

What would happen if an enslaved person got caught running away?

• imprisonment

• losing all their possessions

• severe punishment or death

• being sold to another plantation

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

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 people to freedom.

Uncle Tom was the central character in the book Uncle Tom’s Cabin. He was ______________.

• an abolitionist

• an enslaved man

• a free man

• a slave owner

What was a 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

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 enslavement

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

• station master

• conductor

• agent

• passenger