Abolition Movement

What's the story of Sojourner Truth?

• She was born free, and after taking a trip to the south, she decided to travel the nation to speak out against slavery.

• Born into slavery, she was set free by a white neighbor who bought her release for $20. She captivated people with her simple, clear message: that all people deserved the same rights as white men.

After examining the picture and reading the caption that explains why the iron collar was such a horrifying tool, type a one to two-sentence personal reaction below.

How did reformers in the 19th century communicate their ideas to others?

• cell phone texts

• Instagram and Facebok

• letters and newspaper articles

• telegraph messages

____ was the movement to end slavery in America.

• The Suffrage Movement

• The Abolition Movement

• The Emancipation Movement

• The Citizen's Rights Movement

People who fought to end slavery were called...

• liberators

• emancipators

• abolitionists

• suffragists

Why was William Lloyd Garrison important to the Abolition movement?

• He was outspoken and wealthy

• He was White and owned the newspaper "The Liberator."

• He was from the North and spoke against the South.

• He had freed all of his slaves and hated slavery.

What happened to runaway slaves who were caught?

• They were put in jail.

• They were punished and returned to slavery.

• They were freed

• They were sent to Canada

How did the Second Great Awakening affect slavery in the United States?

• It gave proslavery southerners a religious basis for their beliefs

• It led to the founding of multiracial Protestant groups

• It brought slaves and free African Americans together in churches

• It made ending slavery a religious issue for many people

Which statement best completes this diagram?

• Frederick Douglass publishes his autobiography

• Abolitionists work on the Underground Railroad

• The gag rule is ended in Congress

• John Quincy Adams wins the Amistad case

What was one effect of the Second Great Awakening?

• More people supported the gag rule in Congress

• More people opposed arguments about equality in the Declaration of Independence

• More people joined abolition societies led by religious groups

• More people argued that slavery should be left alone in the South