Changing Abolitionism

1.

Multiple Choice

3 mins

1 pt

Which of the following forced Northerners to help capture escaped enslaved people?

slavery

abolitionism

the Fugitive Slave Act

the Underground Railroad

2.

Multiple Choice

3 mins

1 pt

Which of the following BEST describes the reaction of Northerners to the Fugitive Slave Act?

Many were displeased, which increased tensions over slavery

Many were relieved that their way of life could be preserved

Many were upset because they felt the act benefited enslaved people

Many felt the law healed the rift between North and South

3.

Multiple Choice

3 mins

1 pt

How did the Fugitive Slave Act affect the rights of free African Americans in the North?

it required them to work for lower wages

it limited their freedom of speech

it prevented them from traveling to Canada

it stripped them of their right to trial by jury

4.

Multiple Choice

3 mins

1 pt

After the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act, many free African-Americans

moved to California

took jobs as railroad workers

were enslaved in the South

testified against slave hunters in court

5.

Multiple Choice

3 mins

1 pt

How did the Fugitive Slave Act affect the legal systems of free states of the North?

it prompted the creation of new personal liberty laws

it prevented attorneys from representing fugitive slaves in court

it prompted passage of laws against personal liberties for fugitive slaves

it changed how judges ruled at trials held in Northern courts

6.

Multiple Choice

3 mins

1 pt

How did the Fugitive Slave Act affect the Underground Railroad?

it prevented it from functioning

it prompted an expansion of its operations

it made people afraid to shelter enslaved people

it prompted a decrease in its operations

7.

Multiple Choice

3 mins

1 pt

Who led a raid on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in 1859?

John Brown

Frederick Douglass

William Lloyd Garrison

Reverend Luther Lee

8.

Multiple Choice

3 mins

1 pt

Why did John Brown lead the raid on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia in 1859?

to inspire Southern slaveholders to resist abolitionists

to inspire an armed uprising of enslaved African Americans

to protest the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act

to protest the use of militia to defend fugitive slave hunters

9.

Multiple Choice

3 mins

1 pt

After John Brown was tried, convicted, and hanged, many Northerners

attacked the prison where he had been held

considered him a hero of the antislavery cause

feared others would embrace violence as he had

worried about the admiration that surrounded him

10.

Multiple Choice

3 mins

1 pt

After John Brown was tried, convicted, and hanged, most Northerners

wanted the prison where he had been held closed

were relieved that he was dead

thought his actions caused violence to increase

considered him a hero

11.

Multiple Choice

3 mins

1 pt

In the mid-1800s, the specific network of routes and safe houses used by people escaping slavery was known as

the Fugitive Slave Act

the abolitionist movement

the transcontinental railroad

the Underground Railroad

12.

Multiple Choice

3 mins

1 pt

Which of the following BEST describes the general direction of "lines" on the Underground Railroad?

north to south

east to west

west to east

south to north

13.

Multiple Choice

3 mins

1 pt

Which of the following BEST describes the contribution of Harriet Tubman to the Underground Railroad?

Tubman was a newspaper publisher who denounced the Fugitive Slave Act

Tubman was a minister who housed escaped enslaved people in her home

Tubman was an anti-slavery leader who used force against proslavery groups

Tubman was a conductor who helped enslaved people escape

14.

Multiple Choice

3 mins

1 pt

Which of the following groups helped fugitives use the Underground Railroad during the mid-1800s?

conductors and railroad workers

ministers and businessmen

slaveholders and slave hunters

abolitionists and religion groups

15.

Multiple Choice

3 mins

1 pt

How did abolitionists respond to the capture of Shadrach Minkins?

They helped him escape from jail and got him a job in Boston

They provided lawyers who represented him in Massachusetts

They sent him to Canada on the Underground Railroad

They sent him to California on the Underground Railroad

16.

Multiple Choice

3 mins

1 pt

What happened to the Underground Railroad after the Fugitive Slave Act was passed?

it became less effective

it grew and became busier

it was shut down by slave hunters

it was shut down by the federal government

17.

Multiple Choice

3 mins

1 pt

Many people spoke out against slavery in response to

the admission of California to the Union as a free state

the establishment of the Underground Railroad

the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act

the practice of popular sovereignty

18.

Multiple Choice

3 mins

1 pt

In response to the Fugitive Slave Act, many Northern states

removed the right of African Americans to a jury trial

ensured African Americans to a jury trial

required Northerners help African Americans escape slavery

restored the rights guaranteed by personal liberty laws

19.

Multiple Choice

3 mins

1 pt

Frederick Douglass predicted that the Fugitive Slave Act would

lead to peaceful protests by abolitionists

lead to punishment of slave holders

lead to his capture

lead to war

20.

Multiple Choice

3 mins

1 pt

In the mid-1800s, people who helped runaway enslaved people escape were called

conductors

fugitives

helpers

railroad workers

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