Question

Which of the following best traces the origins and key events of the abolition movement in the United States?
A. Publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Dred Scott court decision, American Revolution, Douglass’s autobiography
B. Dred Scott court decision, publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Douglass’s autobiography, American Revolution
C. American Revolution, Douglass’s autobiography, publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Dred Scott court decision
D. Douglass’s autobiography, American Revolution, Dred Scott court decision, publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Answer 1

C. American Revolution, Douglass’s autobiography, publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Dred Scott court decision

This order is chronological: American Revolution (1770s–1780s), Frederick Douglass’s Narrative (1845), Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852), and the Dred Scott decision (1857).