The Abolitionist Movement

Question 1

Which of the following best describes the link between the Second Great Awakening and the abolition movement?

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The Second Great Awakening helped spark the abolition movement.

Question 2

Which of the following describes a common experience for enslaved families?

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Family members often were sold away and separated from one another.

Question 3

As a result of the Second Great Awakening, many reformers began to view slavery as

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sinful and inhumane.

Question 4

For most enslaved African Americans in the 1800s,

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clothing was handed out once a year and was only given to those who could continue to work.

Question 5

Which of the following describes William Lloyd Garrison?

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He founded the abolitionist newspaper the Liberator.

Question 6

Which group began the abolition movement in the United States?

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Quakers and other reformers who felt slavery was wrong

Question 7

Which of the following best defines emancipation?

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the freeing of all enslaved people

Question 8

In the 1800s, most enslaved workers on plantations lived in

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simple cabins.

Question 9

Which of the following best describes a difference between enslaved people in cities and those on plantations in the 1800s?

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Enslaved people in cities often kept some of their wages, while enslaved people on plantations never saw any of the money they made for their owners.

Question 10

Founded in 1833, the American Anti-Slavery Society

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adopted resolutions and sent petitions to Congress.

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