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The Issue of Slavery

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Between 1790 and 1860, did the number of slaves in the United States ALWAYS increase or SOMETIMES increase?

a)

Always

b)

Sometimes

2.

How many slaves were there in 1840?

a)

1,175,000

b)

1,600,000

c)

2,500,000

d)

4,000,000

3.

During which 10 year period did slavery increase the most?

a)

1850-1860

b)

1840-1850

c)

1830-1840

d)

1820-1830

4.

In what year were there twice as many slaves as in 1830?

a)

1860

b)

1840

c)

1810

d)

1800

5.

Did slavery come to an end in the United States in 1860?

a)

Yes

b)

No

6.

Owners of large farms called (a)   needed an inexpensive supply of workers to help them raise their crops

7.

The American Colonization Society started a colony for former slaves that eventually became the country of (a)   .

8.

(a)   were people who demanded an immediate end to slavery.

9.

(a)   published an antislavery newspaper called The Liberator.

10.

Slavery was abolished everywhere in the United States when the (a)   Amendment was added to the United States Constitution

11.

TRUE | FALSE

The Quakers were the first people in America to voice opposition to slavery.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

TRUE | FALSE

The Southern states placed further restrictions on their slaves after a number of blacks rebelled against their masters.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

TRUE | FALSE

People in the North wanted the Southerners to obey the Fugitive State Law

a)

True

b)

False

14.

TRUE | FALSE

Northerners gave their full support to the abolitionist movement.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

TRUE | FALSE

Some abolitionists joined political parties in the hope of achieving their goals.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Nat Turner

a)

Helped organize the first antislavery society in America

b)

Organized several abolitionist societies during the 1800s

c)

An escaped slave who wrote and spoke about the evils of slavery

d)

Helped slaves escape along the Underground Railroad

e)

Leader of the South's worst slave rebellion

17.

Benjamin Franklin

a)

Helped organize the first antislavery society in America

b)

Organized several abolitionist societies during the 1800s

c)

An escaped slave who wrote and spoke about the evils of slavery

d)

Helped slaves escape along the Underground Railroad

e)

Leader of the South's worst slave rebellion

18.

Theodore Weld

a)

Helped organize the first antislavery society in America

b)

Organized several abolitionist societies during the 1800s

c)

An escaped slave who wrote and spoke about the evils of slavery

d)

Helped slaves escape along the Underground Railroad

e)

Leader of the South's worst slave rebellion

19.

Harriet Tubman

a)

Helped organize the first antislavery society in America

b)

Organized several abolitionist societies during the 1800s

c)

An escaped slave who wrote and spoke about the evils of slavery

d)

Helped slaves escape along the Underground Railroad

e)

Leader of the South's worst slave rebellion

20.

Frederick Douglass

a)

Helped organize the first antislavery society in America

b)

Organized several abolitionist societies during the 1800s

c)

An escaped slave who wrote and spoke about the evils of slavery

d)

Helped slaves escape along the Underground Railroad

e)

Leader of the South's worst slave rebellion