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Abolition and Suffrage Movement

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A person who wanted to end slavery was known as a(n)______

a)

abolitionist

b)

conductor

c)

suffragist

d)

overseer

2.

A system of secret escape routes that led enslaved people to free land was known as the

a)

Westward Expansion

b)

Underground Railroad

c)

Corps of Discovery

d)

Suffrage Movement

3.

The right to vote is known as ______

a)

veto

b)

repeal

c)

suffrage

d)

abolish

4.

Frederick Douglass' speeches and writings about slaves were believable to people because

a)

he was a former governor of a southern state.

b)

he was a former slave owner and treated slaves badly.

c)

he was a former slave and experienced the conditions himself.

d)

he was a former abolitionist who fought to end the Civil War.

5.

Frederick Douglass is to abolitionist as Susan B. Anthony is to ____________.

a)

politican

b)

suffragist

c)

overseer

d)

former slave

6.

Who was an abolitionist, conductor for the Underground Railroad, nurse, cook, and Union spy?

a)

Susan B. Anthony

b)

Sojourner Truth

c)

Harriet Tubman

d)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

7.

She was an outspoken preacher who became one of the leading voices of the abolitionists.

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

Sojourner Truth

c)

Susan B. Anthony

d)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

8.

Harriet Tubman was dubbed or nicknamed due to her work leading escaping slaves out of the slaves states and into free states and territories.

a)

Noah

b)

Moses

c)

Abraham

d)

Jesus

9.

Who led the Suffrage movement that this postcard supports?

a)

Susan B. Anthony

b)

Frederick Douglass

c)

Sojourner Truth

d)

Harriet Tubman

10.

Which of the following events convinced Elizabeth Cady Stanton of the need for a women's right convention?

a)

Susan B. Anthony was found guilty of voting without the legal right to vote.

b)

The 15th Amendment passed but did not extend voting rights to women.

c)

Lucretia Mott passed away before the fight for women's suffrage had been won.

d)

Organizers of the World Anti-Slavery Convention refused to seat women as delegates.

11.

Which two women helped to secure women's rights to vote?

a)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Harriet Tubman

b)

Susan B Anthony and Dolly Madison

c)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony

d)

Susan B Anthony and Sojourner Truth

12.

How did Sojourner Truth contribute to the abolition movement?

a)

She helped resettle former slaves in free states

b)

She avoided being capture by slave owners

c)

She helped slaves run away to freedom through the Underground Railroad

d)

She helped to speak out against slavery.

13.

Which of the following is MOST closely associated with Elizabeth Cady Stanton?

a)

the National Women's Party, which campaigned for women's right to vote

b)

the Underground Railroad, which helped slaves escape to freedom

c)

the Seneca Falls Convention, which launched the women's suffrage movement.

d)

the Freedom's Journal, which was the first African-American-owned newspaper

14.

Douglass' book, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass helped play a role in what movement?

a)

the environmental movement

b)

the peace movement

c)

the labor movement

d)

the abolitionist movement

15.

Which of the following leaders was involved in the women's suffrage movement?

a)

James Madison

b)

Susan B. Anthony

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Harriet Tubman

16.

What caused Harriet Tubman to fall into a deep sleep throughout her entire life?

a)

Being a slave

b)

Getting hit in the head with a 2 lb metal weight

c)

The Civil War

d)

None of these

17.

In her home state of New York, which of these movements first shaped Susan B. Anthony's desire to fight for equal rights?

a)

peace movement

b)

environmental movement

c)

abolition movement

d)

civil rights movement

18.

Which abolitionist learned how to read and write (which was illegal back then)?

a)

Sojourner Truth

b)

Araminta Ross

c)

Harriet Tubman

d)

Frederick Douglass

19.

Who wrote "Ain't I a Woman?"

a)

Susan B. Anthony

b)

Sojourner Truth

c)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

d)

Harriet Tubman