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Abolition

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Free African American who wrote the newspaper the North Star

a)

John Brown

b)

William Lloyd Garrison

c)

Fredrick Douglass

d)

Elijah Lovejoy

2.
His printing press was destroyed 5 times for being an abolitionist
a)
John Brown
b)
Elijah Lovejoy
c)
Jesse Thomas
d)
Abraham Linco
3.
Colonization of slaves meant
a)
sending the slaves back to the 13 colonies
b)
sending the slaves back to Africa
c)
freeing the slaves
d)
freeing the slaves in the souhern states
4.
The American Colonization Society wanted to send the slaves to
a)
New York
b)
England
c)
Liberia
d)
Ghana
5.
A complete end to slavery
a)
abolition
b)
abolitionist
c)
emancipation
d)
dehumanization
6.
The most useful strategy for abolitionists was 
a)
personal tours
b)
radio shows
c)
speaking tours
d)
the written word
7.
The first newspaper to demand the full abolition of slavery was...
a)
The Abolition Paper
b)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
c)
The Liberator
d)
The New York Times
8.
The creator of the first abolition newspaper was
a)
Jesse Thomas
b)
William Lloyd Garrison
c)
James Tallmadge
d)
Abraham Lincoln
9.
Uncle Tom's Cabin portrayed slaves as
a)
good Christians
b)
evil slaveholders
c)
fugitive slaves
d)
founding fathers
10.
Fredrick Douglass criticized this holiday in his famous speech
a)
4th of July
b)
Christmas
c)
Memorial Day
d)
Halloween
11.
John Brown believed the only way to end slavery was by...
a)
emancipating the slaves
b)
an armed slave revolt
c)
the South leaving the US
d)
sending the slaves to Africa
12.
John Brown attacked Harper's Ferry because it was a...
a)
military arsenal
b)
slave prison
c)
government office
d)
slave plantation
13.
After Harper's Ferry, the North viewed John Brown as a...
a)
crook
b)
rebel
c)
outcast
d)
hero
14.
Which city protested the Fugitive Slave Act the most?
a)
Washington DC
b)
Harper's Ferry
c)
Boston
d)
New York