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WorksheetsAbolitionist and Suffragist Movements
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
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Class
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1.
Abolitionists demanded.....
a)
immediate freeing of slaves
b)
freedom to practice their religion
c)
equal rights for women
2.
Abolitionists believed that....
a)
slavery should end gradually so as not to hurt southern economy
b)
slavery should be legal only in the south
c)
slavery was morally wrong, cruel, inhumane and undemocratic and slaves should be freed immediately
3.
Which of the following was NOT an abolitionist leader?
a)
William Lloyd Garrison
b)
Frederick Douglass
c)
Patrick Henry
d)
Harriet Tubman
4.
This abolitionist leader, a runaway slave, gave many moving speeches against slavery. He once told his audience, "I appear this evening as a robber. I stole this head, these limbs, this body from my master and ran off with them"
a)
Harriet Tubman
b)
William Lloyd Garrison
c)
Frederick Douglass
5.
The abolitionist movement emerged in the....
a)
south
b)
northeast
c)
west
6.
Choose the following statement about the Underground Railroad that is NOT correct.
a)
The "Underground Railroad" was a system of secret escape routes leading from the South to free states in the North or in Canada.
b)
The "Underground Railroad" was a series of underground tunnels and overland trains that served as escape routes for runaway slaves
c)
"Conductors" or helpers along the Underground Railroad, led slaves from one hiding place to the next.
7.
Which statement about Harriet Tubman is correct?
a)
Harriet Tubman became a well-known abolitionist leader because of her daring escape from slavery on the Underground Railroad
b)
Harriet Tubman, one of the best known "conductors" of the Underground Railroad, returned to the South 20 times during the 1850s to guide about 300 escaped slaves to freedom
c)
Tubman, like most other conductors on the Underground Railroad, was a white northerner who opposed slavery
8.
In his newspaper "The Liberator", this white abolitionist leader called for the immediate end to slavery, saying, "On this subject (slavery) I do not wish to think, or speak, or write with moderation....I will not retreat a single inch - AND I WILL BE HEARD!"
a)
Frederick Douglass
b)
William Lloyd Garrison
c)
Thomas Paine
9.
Which of these abolitionist leaders was NOT an escaped slave himself?
a)
Harriet Tubman
b)
William Lloyd Garrison
c)
Frederick Douglass
10.
True or False - Many leaders of the women's rights movement were also abolitionist.
a)
True
b)
False
11.
Isabella Van Wagener, a former slave, traveled around the country preaching against slavery. She was important in the women's rights movement and is remembered for the famous "Ain't I A Woman?" speech she gave at the woman's rights convention in 1851. She chose a first name for herself that meant "traveler". She became known as....
a)
Isabel Sojourner Truth
b)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
c)
Susan B. Anthony
12.
Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton were leaders of the....
a)
abolitionist movement
b)
women's suffrage movement
c)
Republican party
13.
After losing the Revolutionary War, England turned over the Northwest Territories to the former colonies. The western border of the brand new nation was....
a)
Ohio River
b)
Mississippi River
c)
Pacific Ocean
14.
President Jefferson asked his secretary, ______________ and a Virginia soldier named William Clark to explore the vast unknown Louisiana Territory.
a)
Daniel Boone
b)
Meriwether Lewis
c)
Johnny Appleseed
15.
After the purchase of the Louisiana Territory, the nation continued to expand, ______________ joined the nation after Spain gave up the land in a treaty signed in 1819.
a)
Texas
b)
Florida
c)
California
16.
After winning freedom from Mexico in 1836 and existing for nine years as an independent republic, __________ decided to join the U. S. in 1845.
a)
Arizona
b)
California
c)
Texas
17.
Britain and the U.S. argued over __________ for decades and finally agreed in a treaty to split the land between them at the 49th parallel.
a)
Oregon Territory
b)
California
c)
Mexico
18.
In 1848, just a few years after the Oregon Territory and Texas became part of the U.S. , the final piece of mainland was added. War with Mexico resulted in ___________ becoming part of the U.S.
a)
California and the southwest
b)
Mexico and California
c)
Hawaii and Alaska
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