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Abolitionist Movement

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 48mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
How did Harriet Tubman help slaves?
a)
She helped injured and sick slaves hurt their masters.
b)
She brought food to the slaves who were starving.
c)
She offered the escaped slaves a place to live.
d)
She helped them escape through the Underground Railroad.
2.
A person who believed in getting rid of slavery was called ______________.
a)
an abolitionist
b)
a soldier
c)
a civilian
3.

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

4.

Abolitionists believed slavery ___.

a)

was morally wrong

b)

was great for us

c)

Would stay here forever

d)

would eventually fade out

5.
Wrote The Liberator, an abolitionist newspaper. Formed the American Anti-Slavery Society.
a)
"Fredrick Douglass"
b)
"John Brown"
c)
"Harriet Beecher Stowe"
d)
"William Lloyd Garrison"
6.

Why was Uncle Tom's Cabin influential?

a)

Campaign against slavery as a social issue.

b)

Woman's rights

c)

Slaves freedom

7.
Sojourner Truth preached to people about _____.
a)
evils of slavery
b)
how to escape to freedom
c)
how to talk to slave owners
d)
how to bake bread
8.

What does this picture represent?

a)

Self-Reliance

b)

Spirituality

c)

Civil Disobedience

d)

Temperance

9.

She was born as a slave in Maryland; escaped from slavery; made 19 journeys to the South to help others escape; and never lost a slave during her journeys. She is ________________________

a)

Frederick Douglas

b)

Henry Brown

c)

Harriet Tubman

10.

How did the Underground Railroad help slaves to escape to freedom?

a)

A train took slaves north to Canada

b)

Slaves were able to hide in box cars and head out west

c)

Conductors on trains led slaves to free land

d)

It was a series of paths, safe houses, and secret hiding places that helped the slaves escape.

11.
What is an abolitionist?
a)
Someone who wants to abolish or end slavery.
b)
Someone who wants to end voting for slaves.
c)
Someone who doesn't want to work with slaves.
d)
Someone who wants to never wear jeans.
12.
Who was the famous abolitionist who published the Liberator?
a)
Harriet Tubman
b)
Frederick Douglass 
c)
William Lloyd Garrison
d)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
13.
What is the abolitionist movement mostly focused on?
a)
Equality
b)
Freedom
c)
Love
d)
Slavery
14.
Why was uncle tom's cabin written?
a)
Campaign against slavery
b)
Woman's rights
c)
Slaves freedom
15.
Who was the person who wrote a book that caused the war?
a)
Harriet Tubman
b)
John Brown
c)
Frederick Douglass
d)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
16.
What is one big thing the Harriet Tubman did?
a)
Tubman help capture slaves
b)
Tubman wrote the book Uncle Tom's Cabin
c)
Tubman risk her life to safe slaves
17.

Famous speaker and writer who was an abolitionist and suffragist

a)

Stanton

b)

Douglass

c)

Tubman

d)

Anthony

18.

____ was a former enslaved African American, and was a nationally known advocate for equality and justice.

a)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

b)

Sojourner Truth

c)

Harriet Tubman

d)

Susan B. Anthony

e)

Frederick Douglass

19.

When would Harriet Tubman travel?

a)

at night

b)

in the morning

c)

in the afternoon

d)

at dawn

20.

The North Star was a _________.

a)

book

b)

magazine

c)

newspaper

d)

journal

21.

In what state was Frederick and Harriet born in?

a)

California

b)

Alaska

c)

South Carolina

d)

Maryland

22.

John Brown's Raid Occurred In What State?

a)

Maryland

b)

Virginia

c)

Pennsylvania

23.

True or False: John Brown's plan was a success.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

How did John Brown’s raid impact the North?

a)

They became sympathetic to his cause

b)

Angery at him for starting a fight

c)

They didn’t know about it

d)

They thought it was funny

25.
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote this influential book that caused many in the North to become anti-slavery after reading it.
a)
Nat Turner's Revolt
b)
The Liberator
c)
The Bugler
d)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
26.
What was the only book more widely read than Uncle Tom's Cabin in 1861?
a)
The Almanac
b)
The Bible
c)
Huck Finn
d)
Tom Sawyer
27.

Am African American abolitionist and women's right activist who was an escaped slave. She is known for her famous "Ain't I a Woman?" speech.

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

c)

Lucretia Mott

d)

Sojourner Truth

28.

An American abolitionist who believed armed insurrection was the only way to overthrow slavery. He was known for the Bleeding Kansas Crisis of 1856 and later in 1859 he led a raid on the federal army arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia.

a)

Nat Turner

b)

John Brown

c)

Frederick Douglass

d)

David Walker

29.

Although abolitionism began as a moral and religious movement, it expanded into a wider ____________ movement.

a)

political

b)

westward

c)

Southern

d)

lower-taxes

30.

What was Harriet Tubman's nickname?

a)

Rocky

b)

Moses

c)

Granny

d)

Cat Woman

31.

Many Southern white people in the 1850's believed that African Americans were....

a)

superior

b)

inferior

c)

fun

d)

smart

32.

Uncle Tom's Cabin was a book about _________

a)

Living in the woods

b)

How great slavery was

c)

How terrible slavery was

d)

The Civil War

33.

Which of the following was an argument made against slavery in the 13 colonies?

a)

Manufacturers argued that slavery discouraged the development of industry

b)

Farmers argued that using slave labor was expensive and inefficient

c)

Quakers argued that slavery violated Christian principles

d)

Puritans argued that the slave trade encouraged materialism

34.

What group was among the first to call for an end to slavery?

a)

American Indians, because they view the plight of slaves as similar to their own

b)

Quakers, because slavery contradicted their religious beliefs

c)

British loyalists, because Great Britain had ended the slave trade

d)

Puritans, because the New England economy did not rely on slavery

35.

What was one major effect of the Second Great Awakening?

a)

Churches turned away from public politics and focused on religious issues

b)

People were inspired to join reform movements to address social problems

c)

Religious leaders petitioned legislatures to extend suffrage to women

d)

Politicians were encouraged to promote states rights rather than federal unity