Changing Abolitionism

Question 1

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

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Many were displeased, which increased tensions over slavery.

Question 2

After the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act, many free Black people

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were enslaved in the South.

Question 3

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

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the Underground Railroad.

Question 4

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

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the Fugitive Slave Act

Question 5

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

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It prompted the creation of new personal liberty laws.

Question 6

John Brown was known to many Northerners as

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a hero of the antislavery cause.

Question 7

How did the Fugitive Slave Act affect the Underground Railroad?

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It prompted an expansion of its operations.

Question 8

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

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It grew and became busier.

Question 9

How did abolitionists respond to the capture of Shadrach Minkins?

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They sent him to Canada on the Underground Railroad.

Question 10

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

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Tubman was a conductor who helped enslaved people escape.

Changing Abolitionism Answers