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Abolitionists

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Who was the famous abolitionist who published the Liberator?
a)
Harriet Tubman
b)
Frederick Douglass 
c)
William Lloyd Garrison
d)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
2.

Who was the ex-slave who wrote the North Star newspaper and worked for rights for African Americans to better their lives?

a)

Fredrick Douglass

b)

Harriet Tubman

c)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

d)

William Lloyd Garrison

3.

Abolitionists wanted what practice to end immediately?

a)

The Civil War

b)

Women's voting

c)

Unclean meat

d)

Slavery

4.

Who is this important abolitionist?

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

William Lloyd Garrison

c)

Frederick Douglass

d)

Colonel Sanders

5.

Who is this important abolitionist?

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

William Lloyd Garrison

c)

Frederick Douglass

d)

Abraham Lincoln

6.
The abolitionists worked to
a)
give women the right to vote.
b)
grow as much cotton as possible.
c)
make slavery popular in every state.
d)
put an end to slavery.
7.
Abolitionists believed in all of the following about slavery EXCEPT that it:
a)
violated the principles of democracy
b)
was necessary for the success of the Southern plantation
c)
was cruel and inhumane
d)
was morally wrong.
8.
Which of the following women was born into slavery and later became a speaker for abolition and women's rights?
a)
Harriet Tubman
b)
Lucretia Mott
c)
Sojourner Truth
d)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
9.
Who wrote the North Star newspaper and worked for rights for African Americans and women to better their lives?
a)
Fredrick Douglass
b)
Phyllis  Wheatley
c)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
d)
William Lloyd Garrison
10.

What issue was feared by abolitionists when the USA was adding territory?

a)

Spread of slavery

b)

Environmental damage

c)

Harm to Native Americans

d)

Spread of diseases

11.

A free African American that urged slaves to revolt & angered slaveholders. He later died mysteriously.

a)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

b)

Henry Brown

c)

David Walker

d)

Frederick Douglass

e)

Harriet Tubman