...Activists
...Activists II
Abolition miscellaneous
...Randomness
100

This free, black,  radical abolitionist wrote an Appeal to end slavery with violence

Who is David Walker?
100
This religious movement motivated many activists to try and reform society
Who is the Second Great Awakening?
100

His rebellion in Virginia both inspired the hopes of slaves although it did not succeed.

Who is Nat Turner?
100
This law passed by Congress made it so anti-slavery petitions would not be discussed.
What is the 'gag rule?'
200
This freed black man encouraged Harriet Tubman & noted differences in their lives such as public vs. private.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
200
This abolitionist founded the anti-slavery newspaper, "The Liberator"
Who is William Lloyd Garrison?
200
This term refers to the forced movement of slaves from the upper south to the lower south after the invention of the cotton gin led to a greater demand for slave labor on cotton plantations.
What is the Second Middle Passage?
200
During the Civil War, Harriet Tubman served as this:
What is a nurse, spy or scout?
300
This illiterate but powerful abolitionist's nickname was "Moses" and also "General"
Who is Harriet Tubman?
300
This event led to a tightening of the laws governing enslaved & free African Americans in the South.
Who is Nat Turner's Rebellion or what is the publication of David Walker's Appeal?
300
She spent 7 years hiding out in her grandmother's attic to escape the abuse of her slave owner
Who is Harriet Jacobs?
300
This black activist church was founded in the Antebellum by Richard Allen.
What is the African Methodist Episcopal Church or AME Church?
400
This white abolitionist believed peaceful but strong language, speeches, and writing would eventually convince slaveholders of their sins
Who is William Lloyd Garrison?
400
Abolitionists in this society wanted to free slaves but didn't want to assimilate them into American society.
What is the Colonization Society?
400
Historian Nell Irvin Painter claims that in the Antebellum US, this political right was increasingly reserved for white people, especially men.
What is voting (or political participation)?
400
This is an example of how pro-slavery advocates excused slavery
What through the Bible or the "myth of the happy slave"
500
Her Connecticut school for black girls was destroyed, showing continued racism in the North.
Who is Prudence Crandall?
500
This abolitionist founded the newspaper, "The North Star"
Who is Frederick Douglass?
500
What word sums up the heart of the accusations hurled at the US by Douglass in his "Fourth of July Speech?"
What is hypocrisy?
500
In the "myth of the happy slave," invented by slaveholders, who did the slaveholders contrast the "happy slave" to -- claiming their slaves lived better lives and were cared for when sick or old.
Who are northern factory workers? or mill workers or wage earners?
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