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WorksheetsAbolitionism
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
What group taught that it was a sin for a human to own another?
Quakers
Native Americans
Politicians
slaves
In the 1820s, Samuel Cornish and John Russwurm set up an abolitionist newspaper. What was the name of it?
Freedom Journal
The Liberator
North Star
Why did Northern mill owners, bankers, merchants and northern workers opposed abolition?
ending slavery would be a threat to their livelihood
they depended on the south for cotton
workers felt African Americans would take their job and work for low pay
What did some people do to stop abolition?
broke up antislavery meeting
attacked the homes of abolitionists
created pro-slavery newspapers
What did southerners accuse abolitionists of doing?
helping slaves to read and write
helping slaves escape
preaching violence
Someone who wants to end slavery is called
An Abolitionist
A Conservationist
A Southerner
This was the name given to the route of safe houses or "stations" to freedom for slaves
Underground Railroad
Freedom Rides
Liberator Locations
This brave former slave, returned to the South countless times to help other slaves escape to freedom
Soyjoyner Truth
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Harriet Tubman
At most, how many runaway slaves are successful each year?
2,000
1,000
100
none
What former slave abolitionist, failed at least twice to escape before he was successful at gaining his freedom?
Harriet Tubman
Harriet Beecher Stowe
William Lloyd Garrison
Fredrick Douglas
Which US President invited Frederick Douglass to the White House?
Lincoln
Jackson
Washington
After only the Bible, this book is the best selling of the 19th Century
The Liberator
The North Star
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Which famous abolitionist was known for his powerful speeches and was a former slave?
Frederick Douglass
William Lloyd Garrison
John Brown
Harriet Tubman
What was the primary goal of the abolitionist movement in the 19th century?
To end slavery
To promote women's rights
To support industrialization
To expand westward
Which abolitionist founded the newspaper 'The Liberator'?
William Lloyd Garrison
Frederick Douglass
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Sojourner Truth
