Changing Abolitionism

Question 1

The Fugitive Slave Act upset many white Northerners. Why did this happen?Check any of the boxes that apply.

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A: They could be fined or jailed for helping fugitives.; C: They were forced to help enslave others.; D: It unfairly resulted in the enslavement of free Black people.

Question 2

How did the Fugitive Slave Act affect Anthony Burns?

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B: He was captured in a free state and returned to slavery.

Question 3

What did the Fugitive Slave Act cause some abolitionists to do?

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C: take a more aggressive stance against slavery

Question 4

What does Lee say he was prepared to do, rather than obey the Fugitive Slave Act?

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C: Go to jail

Question 5

Moldering means “rotting.” Who are “the sons of bondage”?

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B: enslaved people

Question 6

Why did some fugitives go to Canada instead of staying in Northern states?

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B: Fugitives risked being captured in Northern states.

Question 7

The increased activity of the Underground Railroad in the 1850s suggests that

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C: there was growing willingness in the North to aid fugitives seeking freedom.

Question 8

The case of Anthony Burns shows that

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C: resistance to the enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act was strong.

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