John Brown
John Brown II
Fugitive Slave
Fugitive Slave II
Civil War Slang
100
What is this relic from and why is it important?
This was a pike from John Brown's fight against pro slavery forces in Bleeding Kansas
100
What year did John Brown raid Harper's Ferry?
1958
100
What was the name of the Boston church where the September 20, 1850 meeting took place?
May St Church
100
In what year was the Fugitive Slave Act passed, according to the articles?
1850
100
What did hornets mean as slang in the Civil War?
Bullets
200
According to Frederick Douglass, what would be a consequence of John Brown's attack on Harper's Ferry?
It would array (turn) the whole country against abolitionists and be fatal to running off slaves to freedom?
200
According to the textbook, who gave John Brown private encouragement and financial aid for his Harper's Ferry plan?
Who are prominent eastern abolitionists?
200
According to Article 2, what was the first and most earnest desire of fugitives fleeing northward?
Work, employment
200
What newspaper published all four articles about resistance to the Fugitive Slave Act?
The Liberator
200
What did Sawbones mean?
doctor
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According to Salmon Brown, what was his father's PRIMARY goal in attacking Harper's Ferry—to create an insurrection or to agitate the slavery question?
Agitate the slavery issue/ Kick off the Civil War
300
How did Frederick Douglass's view of John Brown's plan differ from John Brown's own view, according to Document A?
Douglass wanted to gradually draw off slaves to the mountains, while Brown wanted to strike a startling blow that would rouse the nation
300
Name the two slave-hunters from Macon, Georgia who came to Boston to capture William and Ellen Craft.
Who are Hughes and Knights?
300
According to Article 2, why were previously enslaved African Americans forced to flee northward so quickly?
They didn't want to be recaptured by slave catchers coming from the South. They were safer farther North
300
What was a "Jonah"
bad luck person
400
In his trial speech, John Brown claimed he intended to do the same thing "on a larger scale" that he had done the previous winter. What was that action?
taking slaves from Missouri without violence and moving them to Canada to freedom
400
Based on the documents, which explanation for John Brown's intentions is MOST supported by the evidence: starting an insurrection, agitating conflict to bring war, transporting slaves to freedom, or arming slaves for self-defense?
John Brown wanted to agitate the issue of Slavery and kick off the Civil War
400
What organization was formed in Boston after the Fugitive Slave Act was passed to help people who had escaped slavery?
Vigilance Committee
400
What two methods did the Vigilance Committee use to resist the capture of William and Ellen Craft, according to Article 3?
legal methods and posting signs to warn the community about the slave-hunters
400
What or who was a bluff?
person who cheated
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In Document D, John Brown explains a "seeming confliction" between two of his statements. What does he claim he actually intended regarding the slaves at Harper's Ferry?
to place the slaves in a condition to defend their liberties without bloodshed, but not to run them out of the slave states
500
Considering Facts 1-4 about Brown's raid
-the pikes he didn't bring
-the guns he didn't systematically distribute
- his prior escape efforts, and his lack of outreach to enslaved people
which of these facts most strongly suggests Brown's PRIMARY goal was NOT to start a massive insurrection?
Two possible answers.
What is Fact 2 (he didn't secure or distribute the thousands of guns) and Fact 4 (he didn't spread word to enslaved people), which together suggest he wasn't attempting to arm or organize enslaved people for a large-scale uprising?
500
According to Article 1, which Boston representative to the U.S. House of Representatives was accused of disgracing Massachusetts by voting in favor of the Fugitive Slave Bill?
Samuel A. Eliot
500
According to Article 4, what happened to Thomas Sims after he resisted arrest by Police Officer Butman in Boston?
he was overcome by watchmen, imprisoned in the courthouse, and eventually returned to slavery in Georgia despite abolitionist protests
500
what did Jawing mean
talking