Unit 10 Abolition Quiz #1
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“Abolition” refers to the movement to end slavery. It was a historical movement in Western Europe and the Americas to set slaves free dating back to 1315 in France and being fully adopted in the USA in the 1800s.
- 1.Which term below is defined as “someone who wants to ban slavery?”
- A.
Secede
- B.
Abolitionist
- C.
Temperance
- D.
Suffrage
- 2.What meeting focused on the rights of women?
- A.
The Equal Rights Convention
- B.
Seneca Falls Convention
- C.
Albany Plan of Union
- D.
The Women’s Rights Convention
- 3.What did South Carolina threaten to do as a result of the Tariff of Abominations and the Nullification Crisis?
- A.
Declare war
- B.
Ban slavery
- C.
Burn Washington D.C.
- D.
Secede
- 4.What was the Underground Railroad?
- A.
A series of hiding places that led to freedom for escaped slaves
- B.
An amendment to ban slavery
- C.
A labor union representing railroad workers
- D.
A series of locations that fought for women’s rights
- 5.Who was a famous “conductor” on the Underground Railroad?
- A.
Abraham Lincoln
- B.
Andrew Jackson
- C.
Frederick Douglas
- D.
Harriet Tubman
- 6.Which person was a former slave who became a leading abolitionist speaker.
- A.
Stephen Douglas
- B.
Harriet Douglass
- C.
Frederick Douglass
- D.
Abraham Lincoln
- 7.What does the word suffrage mean?
- A.
The right to own a gun
- B.
The right to vote
- C.
To break away
- D.
The right to own slaves
- 8.Why did northern states block the admission of Missouri to the Union?
- A.
They thought it would start a war with France
- B.
They disliked Missouri
- C.
They didn’t want the slave states to control the Senate
- D.
They thought it would start a war with Mexico
- 9.Who came up with the Missouri Compromise?
- A.
Frederick Douglass
- B.
Henry Clay
- C.
Andrew Jackson
- D.
Abraham Lincoln
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