WorksheetsAbolitionist Movement and Slavery Concepts
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 32mins
Slavery was most common (a) .
As time went on, many people in the North wanted to (a) slavery.
The growth of (a) on a massive scale was not possible without the institution of slavery.
What was the goal of the abolitionist movement?
to end slavery in the United States
to give enslaved people the right to vote
to help Southerners catch enslaved people who had escaped
to allow slavery to spread into new U.S, territories
Northern and Southern states were (a) in the Senate.
Northern and Southern states worried (a) would upset the Senate vote.
What did slave codes do? (choose 2)
made it illegal for enslaved people to meet together
made it illegal to force enslaved people to do more work
made it illegal for enslaved people to be taken to western states
made it illegal to teach enslaved people to read and write
In what area was slavery prohibited by the Missouri Compromise of 1820?
area A
area B
area C
area D
What part of the Compromise of 1850 made Northerners very angry?
the end of slave trade in Washington
a new strict fugitive slave law
the admission of California to the Union as a free state
a vote to decide if slavery was allowed in New Mexico
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was based in the idea of (a) .
The violence grew so bad in Kansas that people called it (a) .
____________ ____________ being elected president resulted in the start of the secession of the Southern states.
(a)
Add each word or phrase to the correct box.
Jefferson Davis was President of the (a) .
Jefferson Davis wanted to preserve the (a) .
Abraham Lincoln was the President of the _________ _________.
(a)
Abraham Lincoln wanted to preserve the (a) .
Both Jefferson Davis and Abraham Lincoln commanded __ _____.
(a)
What statements best complete the graphic organizer? (choose 2)
it kept formerly enslaved black men from being soldiers
it allowed formerly enslaved black men to be soldiers
Great Britain and France would not support the Confederacy.
Great Britain and France joined Lincoln in his efforts to free enslaved people.
(a) is a federal holiday that celebrates the end of slavery in the United States.
Slavery ended in Texas when Union troops arrived in Galveston, and (a) issued an order saying enslaved people in Texas were free.
What two statements best complete the graphic organizer?
slavery should be expanded to new areas
slavery brings too many new people into the country
slavery should be ended, and all enslaved people should be freed
slavery is a violation of the principle of democracy that all people are created equal
Who's name belongs in the center?
Harriet Tubman
Frederick Douglass
Thomas Jefferson
Sojourner Truth
The Lincoln Memorial is located in (a)
The Lincoln Memorial has (a) that represent the number of states in the Union when Lincoln died.
Inside the Lincoln Memorial (a) are displayed.
The Lincoln Memorial is a symbol of (a) .
What statements correctly describe the 13th Amendment? (choose 2)
it made Juneteenth a national holiday
it was added to the Constitution after the Civil War
it banned slavery in the United States and all its territories
it made it illegal to deny people the right to vote because they had been enslaved
