US History to 1877 - Abolition and Suffrage

One of the first white abolitionists to call for the "immediate and complete emancipation" of enslaved people was _____.
1. Benjamin Lundy
2. William Lloyd Garrison
3. David Walker
4. Frederick Douglass
Most abolitionists believed that _____.
1. the Constitution should be ammended to restrict slavery to areas east of the Mississippi River
2. slavery was morally wrong
3. slavery should be abolished gradually
4. each state should be allowed to determine the legality of slavery within its own borders
Women who were fighting to end slavery recognized their own bondage and formed the ______.
1. temperance movement
2. education movement
3. employment movement
4. women's rights movement
The first women's rights convention was held in _____.
1. Georgia
2. New York
3. Virginia
4. Ohio
Who purchased his freedom from his slaveholder and later started an abolitionist newspaper called The North Star?
1. Frederick Douglass
2. Horace Mann
3. Charles T. Weber
4. William Lloyd Garrison
The network of escape routes out of the South for enslaved people was the _____.
1. Freedom Network
2. Slave Network
3. Underground Railroad
4. Southern Railroad
Who was the most famous Underground Railroad conductor?
1. Isabel Sojourner Truth
2. Angelina Grimke
3. Sarah Grimke
4. Harriet Tubman
The most controversial issue at the Seneca Falls convention was _____.
1. education
2. suffrage
3. jobs
4. slavery
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony were best known for their struggle to _____.
1. prohibit the sale of alcohol
2. improve low wages for workers
3. secure the right of women to vote
4. expose government corruption
Who published the anti-slavery newspaper, The Liberator?
1. William Lloyd Garrison
2. Nat Turner
3. Harriet Beecher Stowe
4. John Brown
"As the first runaway slave to speak publicly against slavery, I ask for abolition immediately and I call for slaves to lead the fight for this cause." Which of the following people might have made this statement?
1. William Lloyd Garrison
2. Susan B. Anthony
3. Isabel Sojourner Truth
4. Frederick Douglass
Who is known for assisting with the Underground Railroad?
1. Robert Fulton
2. Jo Anderson
3. Harriet Tubman
4. Eli Whitney
What abolitionist and women's rights leader escaped from slavery?
1. Isabel Sojourner Truth
2. Dolley Madison
3. Martha Washington
4. Susan B. Anthony
Who traveled and worked across the nation to help get women the right to vote?
1. Isabel Sojourner Truth
2. Dolley Madison
3. Susan B. Anthony
4. Martha Washington

US History to 1877 - Abolition and Suffrage

Multiple-Choice ExerciseContent © 2009 Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Education; Permission to Use Granted by VDOE; Author of Activity: Tami Maloney; All rights reserved. No commercial, for-profit use of this material is allowed. E-mail comments and questions to Tami Maloney.

Multiple-Choice Exercise
Content © 2009 Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Education; Permission to Use Granted by VDOE; Author of Activity: Tami Maloney; All rights reserved. No commercial, for-profit use of this material is allowed. E-mail comments and questions to Tami Maloney.