Quiz on Historical Figures and Concepts

To withdraw formally from membership of a federal union is to:

• Sectionalism

• Secede

• Popular Sovereignty

• Colonization

• Abolitionist

The idea that each state should be allowed to decide for itself whether or not to allow slavery is called:

• Abolitionist

• Secede

• Popular Sovereignty

• Colonization

• Sectionalism

Who gave speeches about his experience when he was enslaved and published the North Star?

• Frederick Douglass

• Dorothea Dix

• William Lloyd Garrison

• Horace Mann

Who published "The Liberator" and founded the American Anti-Slavery Society?

• Frederick Douglass

• Dorothea Dix

• William Lloyd Garrison

• Horace Mann

Who founded the Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society?

• Lucretia Mott

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton

• Sojourner Truth

• Dorothea Dix

Which reformer is known for their work in the prison reform movement?

• Frederick Douglass

• Dorothea Dix

• William Lloyd Garrison

• Horace Mann

Who wrote a narrative of his life and published the North Star?

• Frederick Douglass

• Dorothea Dix

• William Lloyd Garrison

• Horace Mann

Who helped organize the Seneca Falls Convention alongside Elizabeth Cady Stanton?

• Lucretia Mott

• Sojourner Truth

• Dorothea Dix

• Frederick Douglass

Why did Frederick Douglass feel the 4th of July was hypocritical?

• Because it was celebrated by everyone

• Because African Americans were not free

• Because it was a day of rest

• Because it was a religious holiday

Which law was part of the Compromise of 1850 and allowed enslaved people to be taken back into slavery?

• Fugitive Slave Law

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Wilmot Proviso

• Calhoun's Resolution