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WorksheetsThe Abolitionists
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who left a wealthy slave-owning family in South Carolina to become an Abolitionist?
a)
Angelina Grimke
b)
Frederick Douglass
c)
John Brown
d)
Elijah Lovejoy
2.
Who started an anti-slavery newspaper known as "The Liberator"?
a)
William Lloyd Garrison
b)
Angelina Grimke
c)
Frederick Douglass
d)
John Brown
3.
Who ran away from slavery and became a powerful anti-slavery speaker alongside William Lloyd Garrison?
a)
Angelina Grimke
b)
Harriet Tubman
c)
Elijah Lovejoy
d)
Frederick Douglass
4.
Who ran away from slavery and became a guide on the Underground Railroad?
a)
John Brown
b)
Angelina Grimke
c)
Frederick Douglass
d)
Harriet Tubman
5.
Who decided to dedicate his life to Abolition following the murder of anti-slavery journalist Elijah Lovejoy?
a)
William Lloyd Garrison
b)
Angelina Grimke
c)
John Brown
d)
Frederick Douglass
6.
William Lloyd Garrison thought the best way to convince Southerners to abolish slavery was to
a)
force the Southern states to secede
b)
convince them that slavery was sinful
c)
show them that they would make more profits without slaves
d)
have them replace slaves with Irish immigrants
7.
Angelina Grimke opposed slavery because it would
a)
destroy the souls of the slaveholders
b)
never be profitable
c)
violate the Constitution
d)
encourage more immigration from Ireland
8.
Who convinced Frederick Douglass to start speaking about his experience as a slave?
a)
Angelina Grimke
b)
Elijah Lovejoy
c)
John Brown
d)
William Lloyd Garrison
9.
Who believed that violence may be the only way to end slavery?
a)
William Lloyd Garrison
b)
Harriet Tubman
c)
John Brown
d)
Angelina Grimke
10.
Why was Angelina Grimke's role in the Abolitionist movement controversial?
a)
She proposed arming the slaves.
b)
She proposed hauling the slaves to Africa.
c)
She was in favor of moving slaves into Northern factory jobs
d)
She spoke in public, which wasn't proper for a woman.
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