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What is an abolitionist?

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Someone who opposes slavery

Someone who fights for voting rights

Someone who is against the sale of alcohol

Someone who captures slaves

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Question 21 pts
True or False: Frederick Douglass was an escaped slave who went on to give speeches and publish writings that highlighted the injustices of slavery.
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True

False

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Question 31 pts
What was the underground railroad?
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A series of railway networks that occasionally traveled underground

The name of a pro-slavery organization

A network of people that arranged transportation and hiding places for escaped slaves

A transportation company that tried to develop the first transcontinental railroad

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What were some of the reasons many people opposed the freedom of slaves? Check all that apply.

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They were scared free slaves would take their jobs

They relied on slave labor to support the Southern economy

They thought it would encourage more people to move into America and overpopulate the country

They believed it would be too difficult to pass a law freeing the slaves

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Here are the answers to your questions:

Question 1: What is an abolitionist?
Answer: Someone who opposes slavery.

Question 2: True or False: Frederick Douglass was an escaped slave who went on to give speeches and publish writings that highlighted the injustices of slavery.
Answer: True.

Question 3: What was the underground railroad?
Answer: A network of people that arranged transportation and hiding places for escaped slaves.

Question 4: What were some of the reasons many people opposed the freedom of slaves? Check all that apply.
Answer Choices (check all that apply):

  • They were scared free slaves would take their jobs.
  • They relied on slave labor to support the Southern economy.
  • They believed it would be too difficult to pass a law freeing the slaves.

(Note: "They thought it would encourage more people to move into America and overpopulate the country" is generally not a common reason cited for opposing the freedom of slaves, so it would not be included in the responses for this question.)