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Abolitionism Quiz
Question 1: What was the primary goal of the abolitionist movement?
A) To promote women’s rights
B) To end slavery
C) To support industrialization
D) To expand westward
Question 2: Which of the following was a prominent abolitionist speaker and writer known for his powerful oratory and autobiography?
A) Frederick Douglass
B) Sojourner Truth
C) William Lloyd Garrison
D) Harriet Tubman
Question 3: The publication of which anti-slavery newspaper founded by William Lloyd Garrison was influential in the abolitionist movement?
A) The Liberator
B) The North Star
C) Uncle Tom's Cabin
D) The Anti-Slavery Advocate
Question 4: The Underground Railroad was:
A) A system of railroads used to transport goods
B) A network to help enslaved people escape to freedom
C) A government program to promote abolition
D) A set of laws regulating slavery
Question 5: Which legislation, passed in 1850, intensified the debate over slavery and included provisions for the capture of runaway slaves?
A) The Missouri Compromise
B) The Kansas-Nebraska Act
C) The Fugitive Slave Act
D) The Emancipation Proclamation
Question 6: Who was the author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," a novel that depicted the harsh realities of slavery and fueled abolitionist sentiment?
A) Louisa May Alcott
B) Harriet Beecher Stowe
C) Emily Dickinson
D) Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Question 7: What was the significance of the Emancipation Proclamation issued by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863?
A) It ended the Civil War
B) It granted women the right to vote
C) It declared the freedom of enslaved people in Confederate territories
D) It abolished slavery in the entire United States
Question 8: What role did Frederick Douglass play in the abolitionist movement?
A) He was a politician who passed laws against slavery
B) He was an enslaved person who became a leading voice for abolition
C) He was an educator who founded schools for African Americans
D) He was a Southern plantation owner advocating for gradual emancipation
Answers Key:
- B) To end slavery
- A) Frederick Douglass
- A) The Liberator
- B) A network to help enslaved people escape to freedom
- C) The Fugitive Slave Act
- B) Harriet Beecher Stowe
- C) It declared the freedom of enslaved people in Confederate territories
- B) He was an enslaved person who became a leading voice for abolition
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