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Abolitionists and Suffragists

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What was the name of the first women's rights convention? 
a)
The Seneca Falls Convention
b)
The Rochester Convention
c)
The Niagara Falls Convention
d)
The Ithaca Convention
2.
People who fought for women's suffrage were fighting for:
a)
Women having the right to vote
b)
Women having the right to work outside the home
c)
women's right to own property
d)
women's right to be in the army
3.
Abolitionists wanted what practice to end immediately? 
a)
The Civil War
b)
Women's voting
c)
Unclean meat processing
d)
Slavery
4.
Who led hundreds to freedom through a system called the Underground Railroad?
a)
Frederick Douglass
b)
Sojourner Truth
c)
Nat Turner
d)
Harriet Tubman
5.
What amendment to the Constitution gave women the right to vote?
a)
17
b)
18
c)
19
d)
20
6.
Frederick Douglass was a former slave. True or False
a)
True
b)
False
7.
The Underground Railroad was like a subway that went from city to city.
a)
True
b)
False
8.
John Brown was hanged for leading a raid on _____.
a)
Independence Square
b)
Truman Corners
c)
Harper's Ferry
d)
The Landing
9.
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote a book to show the cruelties of slavery. What was it called?
a)
Uncle Bob's Stories
b)
Uncle Tom's Hotel
c)
Uncle Joe's Best Recipes
d)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
10.
Sojourner Truth was a abolitionist and a women's rights leader.
a)
True
b)
False
11.

This person was a former slave who wrote a newspaper and helped on the Underground Railroad. They wrote an autobiography of their life as a slave.

a)

Frederick Douglass

b)

Sojourner Truth

c)

Harriet Tubman

d)

Susan B. Anthony

12.
Suffrage is the right the vote.
a)
False
b)
True
13.
Who played a leadership role in the women's rights movement. 
a)
Harriet Tubman
b)
William Lloyd Garrison
c)
Frederick Douglass
d)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
14.

What was the #1 goal of the suffragist movement?

a)

To gain the right to vote for women

b)

To separate the races

c)

To end slavery

d)

To end the Civil War

15.

Which suffragist was arrested for voting?

a)

Susan B. Anthony

b)

Frederick Douglass

c)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

d)

Sojourner Truth

16.

Which TWO reformers from the list below were MOST concerned with women’s voting rights?

a)

Susan B Anthony

b)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

c)

Frederick Douglass

d)

Harriet Tubman

17.

Which two abolitionists from the list below were MOST concerned with ending slavery?

a)

Susan B Anthony

b)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

c)

Frederick Douglass

d)

Harriet Tubman

18.

Which character trait did Harriet Tubman show when she took part in rescue missions for the Underground Railroad?

a)

courage

b)

honesty

c)

compassion

d)

nationalism

19.

Which important social figure is described below:

· Spoke for women’s rights and abolition

· Famous for the speech that begins with “Ain’t I a Woman”

· During the Civil War recruited black soldiers to fight for the Union

a)

Barack Obama

b)

Frederick Douglass

c)

Sojourner Truth

d)

Harriet Tubman

20.

Which important social figure is described below:

· American civil rights leader

· Helped to introduce women's suffrage to the United States

· Arrested when she voted in the 1872 presidential elections

· First woman ever minted on a US coin

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

Frederick Douglass

c)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

d)

Susan B Anthony