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Unit 2 Exam Review

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 34mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton is well known because she fought for ...

a)

slavery

b)

women's suffrage

c)

popular sovereignty

2.

Who was arrested for trying to vote?

a)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

b)

Susan B. Anthony

c)

Sojourner Truth

3.

True or False:

The 15th Amendment gave women and black men the right to vote.

a)

True

b)

False, it gave only black men the right to vote.

c)

False, it gave only women the right to vote.

4.

The _______ Amendment gave women the right to vote in 1920.

a)

15th

b)

17th

c)

19th

5.

Choose 3 statements that are TRUE about Frederick Douglass.

a)

Frederick wrote a book about his life as a slave.

b)

Frederick settled in Maryland after escaping.

c)

He went to Great Britain to get away from slave catchers.

d)

He returned to America after friends raised the money to buy his freedom.

6.

Isabella Baumfree is more commonly known as

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

Susan B. Anthony

c)

Sojourner Truth

7.

What was Sojourner Truth's famous speech?

a)

"Ain't I a Mother"

b)

"Ain't I a Human"

c)

"Ain't I a Woman"

8.

What do Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, and Harriet Tubman have in common?

a)

They each wrote books about their lives as slaves.

b)

They were slaves who escaped and fought to help other slaves do the same.

c)

They all taught themselves to read and write.

9.

True or False:

The Underground Railroad was actually a railroad that ran from the South to Canada.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Who was the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad?

a)

Sojourner Truth

b)

Frederick Douglass

c)

Harriet Tubman

11.

What happened to runaway slaves who were caught?

a)

They were put in jail.

b)

They were punished and returned to slavery.

12.

How many people did Harriet Tubman help to escape on the Underground Railroad?

a)

about 100

b)

about 30

c)

about 300

d)

about 1000

13.

People who fought to end slavery were called...

a)

liberators

b)

emancipators

c)

abolitionists

d)

suffragists

14.

Who escaped slavery and fled to the North, became a conductor of the Underground Railroad and freed over 300 slaves?

a)

Rosa Parks

b)

Harriet Tubman

c)

Susan B. Anthony

d)

Frederick Douglas

15.

Which of the following women was a spy for the Union army during the Civil War?

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

Lucretia Mott

c)

Sojourner Truth

d)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

16.
A person who believed in getting rid of slavery was called ______________.
a)
an abolitionist
b)
a soldier
c)
a civilian
17.

Which of the following individuals was a former slave who published a newspaper titled “The North Star” which spoke about the evils of slavery?

a)

Sojourner Truth

b)

Frederick Douglass

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Harriet Tubman

18.

Shared his personal testimony of being a slave himself, he made listeners realize the brutality and horrors of slavery

a)

William Lloyd Garrison

b)

John Brown

c)

Frederick Douglass

d)

Benjamin Rush

19.

What did Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman have in common?

a)

They were both runaway slaves.

b)

They will be on the $20 bill.

c)

They were both presidents.

d)

They both died in Washington D.C.

20.

Which religious group is often recognized as one of the first to speak out against slavery?

a)

Quakers

b)

Catholics

c)

Jews

d)

Protestants

21.

Which group of people had the most political power in Southern society?

a)

wealthy plantation owners

b)

middle-class farmers

c)

white factory workers

d)

free African Americans

22.

What was one consequence of the Dred Scott Decision?

a)

All slaves were freed.

b)

All African Americans got the right to vote.

c)

The Civil War began.

23.

What were the "key facts" on which Dred Scott based his claim for freedom?

a)

He had a young daughter and wife to support.

b)

He was owned by Eliza Emerson.

c)

He had lived in free states before.

24.

Which part of the country did not agree with slavery?

a)

The North

b)

The South

c)

Virginia

25.

What was the name of the document Abraham Lincoln signed to set slaves free?

a)

The Voting Rights Address.

b)

The Emancipation Proclamation

c)

Dred Scott Petition for freedom.

26.

Which states seceded from the United States?

a)

southern states

b)

all the states

c)

northern states

27.

What best describes Dred Scott ?

a)

slave who sued for his freedom

b)

slaveowner who sued for the return of a fugitive slave

c)

Georgia politician trying to ban slavery

d)

Supreme Court judge making a ruling on the spread of slavery

28.

The Dred Scott decision is referred to as "the Supreme Court case that...

a)

abolished slavery."

b)

declared the Fugitive Slave Act unconstitutional."

c)

caused the Civil War."

d)

resulted in the Compromise of 1850."

29.

(Please select three correct answers) In the Dred Scott case, the Supreme Court ruled that slaves...

a)

were NOT citizens of the U.S.

b)

had NO right to sue in court.

c)

were considered to be the property of their owner.

d)

should all be freed immediately.

30.

What was Sojourner's birth name?

a)

Isabella Baumfree

b)

Sojourner Baumfree

c)

Isabella Truth

d)

Truth Baumfree

31.

What was Sojourner Truth's first language?

a)

English

b)

Dutch

c)

German

d)

French

32.
What does ABOLISH mean?
a)
to start something
b)
to end something
33.
Why was Sojourner important during this time?
a)
She was Harriet Beecher Stowe's friend
b)
She spoke about African American rights and women's rights. She helped former slaves.
c)
She was Pro-slavery.
34.

The Underground Railroad was...

a)

an escape route for slaves

b)

a subway

c)

an expressway

d)

an elevated train

35.

The Underground Railroad was a real railroad with trains

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

36.

Harriet Tubman's real name was....

a)

Betsy Ross

b)

Arminta Ross

c)

Shirley Chisholm

d)

Sojourner Truth

37.
What was the Underground Railroad? 
a)
A secret train used by slaves to go north
b)
A series of safe homes that slaves used to travel north to freedom
c)
A subway that traveled between Maryland and Pennsylvania
d)
A secret trail known only to Abolitionists
38.
During what major war did Harriet Tubman work as a spy? 
a)
World War I
b)
Spanish-American War
c)
American Civil War
d)
Mexican-American War
39.
The North Star was a _________.
a)
book
b)
magazine
c)
newspaper
d)
journal
40.

What does this map show?

a)

Trade routes across the United States

b)

Routes to escape on the Underground Railroad

c)

Railroad routes across the US.

d)

Underground Tunnels through the North and the South