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Abolitionists

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which abolitionist published abolitionist newspaper, The Liberator?

a)

Frederick Douglass

b)

William Lloyd Garrison

c)

Harriet Beecher-Stowe

d)

John Brown

2.

Which abolitionist came from a wealthy Southern family?

a)

Angelina Grimke

b)

John Brown

c)

William Lloyd Garrison

d)

Harriet Beecher-Stowe

3.

Who was considered a 'radical' abolitionist?

a)

William Lloyd Garrison

b)

William Still

c)

Angelina Grimke

d)

John Brown

4.

Which abolitionist kept meticulous records of escaping slaves who came through his station on the Underground Railroad?

a)

Frederick Douglass

b)

William Still

c)

William Lloyd Garrison

d)

John Brown

5.

Which abolitionist wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?

a)

Angelina Grimke

b)

William Lloyd Garrison

c)

Harriet Beecher-Stowe

d)

Frederick Douglass

6.

Which abolitionist published an autobiography about their life as a slave?

a)

Frederick Douglass

b)

Harriet Beecher-Stowe

c)

Harriet Tubman

d)

William Still

7.

Which abolitionist led fugitive slaves along the Underground Railroad?

a)

Frederick Douglass

b)

William Still

c)

John Brown

d)

Harriett Tubman

8.

Which abolitionist also advocated for women's rights?

a)

John Brown

b)

Harriett Beecher-Stowe

c)

Angelina Grimke

d)

Harriett Tubman

9.

Who was an abolitionist and leader of Mother Bethel A.M.E. church in Philadelphia?

a)

Richard Allen

b)

William Still

c)

Frederick Douglass

d)

William Lloyd Garrison

10.

Which abolitionist conducted an unsuccessful raid on a federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry, VA?

a)

Frederick Douglass

b)

John Brown

c)

William Lloyd Garrison

d)

Richard Allen

11.

Which law made it easier for slave holders to track down fugitive slaves?

a)

the Kansas-Nebraska Act, 1854

b)

the Missouri Compromise, 1820

c)

the Fugitive Slave Act, 1851

d)

the Dred Scott Decision, 1857

12.

Which act canceled the Missouri Compromise?

a)

the Compromise of 1850

b)

the Dred Scott Decision, 1857

c)

the Fugitive Slave Act, 1851

d)

the Northwest Ordinance, 1787

13.

Which state entered the Union as a free state as a result of the Compromise of 1850?

a)

Kansas

b)

Nebraska

c)

California

d)

Wisconsin

14.

Which law introduced the concept of 'popular sovereignty' into the debate over slavery?

a)

The Missouri Compromise, 1820

b)

The Compromise of 1850

c)

The Northwest Ordinance, 1787

d)

The Kansas-Nebraska Act. 1854

15.

What declared that slaves should remain property and did not have rights that should be recognized by white society?

a)

the Dred Scott Decision, 1857

b)

the Kansas-Nebraska Act, 1854

c)

the Fugitive Slave Act, 1851

d)

the Compromise of 1850