Abolitionism / Women's Rights Quiz

In which year did Vermont ban slavery?

• 1776
• 1777
• 1778
• 1780

By what year had every Northern state either ended or pledged to end slavery?

• 1800
• 1802
• 1804
• 1806

Which religious group believed it was a sin for one person to own another?

• Methodists
• Baptists
• Quakers
• Presbyterians

What organization was founded in 1817 to gradually free enslaved African Americans?

• The Underground Railroad
• The American Colonization Society
• The Liberator
• The Freedom Society

Where did the American Colonization Society plan to send freed enslaved people?

• Canada
• Haiti
• Jamaica
• Liberia

What term describes reformers who wanted to completely abolish slavery?

• Emancipators
• Liberators
• Abolitionists
• Reformists

Which TWO famous abolitionists founded The Liberator newspaper in 1831?

• Frederick Douglass
• William Lloyd Garrison
• Harriet Tubman
• Mary Pleasant

What role did Frederick Douglass have before becoming an abolitionist?

• Newspaper editor
• Business owner
• Enslaved person
• Political leader

What was the Underground Railroad?

• An actual railroad system
• A secret network helping enslaved people escape
• A newspaper publication
• A government organization

Approximately how many people gained freedom through the Underground Railroad?

• 25,000
• 35,000
• 45,000
• 50,000