The Abolitionist Movement in America Before the Civil War

What was the main goal of the abolitionist movement?

• To expand slavery into new territories

• To maintain the status quo

• To end slavery in the United States

• To support the Southern economy

Who was Frederick Douglass?

• A Southern leader who supported slavery

• A former slave who became a powerful speaker and writer

• A radical abolitionist who led a raid at Harpers Ferry

• A conductor on the Underground Railroad

What was Harriet Tubman known for?

• Publishing The Liberator newspaper

• Proposing the Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Leading enslaved people to freedom via the Underground Railroad

• Being a Southern plantation owner

What did William Lloyd Garrison do?

• He was a president of the Confederate States

• He led a slave rebellion

• He published an anti-slavery newspaper called The Liberator

• He was a spy for the Union Army

What was the Underground Railroad?

• A network of secret routes and safe houses for escaping enslaved people

• A railroad system in the South

• A political party against slavery

• A law passed to end slavery

What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• A proposal to organize Kansas and Nebraska territories with popular sovereignty

• A law that banned slavery in all new territories

• A treaty with Native American tribes

• An agreement to maintain the balance between free and slave states

What was 'Bleeding Kansas'?

• A nickname for the Underground Railroad

• A law passed to protect slave owners

• A violent conflict over the issue of slavery in Kansas

• A peaceful protest against slavery

Who was John Brown?

• A president of the United States

• A conductor on the Underground Railroad

• A Southern leader who supported slavery

• A radical abolitionist who believed in using violence to end slavery

What was the result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• It resolved the issue of slavery peacefully

• It led to the admission of Kansas as a slave state

• It intensified sectional tensions and led to violence

• It was ignored by both the North and South

What was the impact of the abolitionist movement on the United States?

• It had no significant impact on American history

• It led to the immediate end of slavery

• It increased tensions between the North and South

• It was supported by all Southern states