Question 1

How did Walker's pamphlet influence the antislavery movement?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was immediately accepted by southerners, since it advocated the use of violence against slaves. 
B)  His aggressive style and tone in the pamphlet made others adopt a similar tone. 
C)  He hurt black pride and nationalism, which were growing at the time 
D)  He forced the president to rethink his views on the slave trade. 
A)  It was immediately accepted by southerners, since it advocated the use of violence against slaves. 
B)  His aggressive style and tone in the pamphlet made others adopt a similar tone. 
C)  He hurt black pride and nationalism, which were growing at the time 
D)  He forced the president to rethink his views on the slave trade.

Question 2

What "first" did female abolitionist leader Maria Stewart accomplish?

Accepted Answer

A)  She was the first woman to attempt to vote. 
B)  She was the first woman to run for Congress from Massachusetts. 
C)  She was the first American woman to address male audiences in public. 
D)  She was the first black woman to publish a work of literature. 
A)  She was the first woman to attempt to vote. 
B)  She was the first woman to run for Congress from Massachusetts. 
C)  She was the first American woman to address male audiences in public. 
D)  She was the first black woman to publish a work of literature.

Question 3

What important message did Charles Finney preach during the Second Great Awakening?

Accepted Answer

A)  Blacks should be enslaved, because God wanted that. 
B)  Blacks should be able to vote and be the social equals of whites. 
C)  All men and women (no matter their race or class) could be saved by God. 
D)  Charles Finney was not allowed to preach because he was a black man. 
A)  Blacks should be enslaved, because God wanted that. 
B)  Blacks should be able to vote and be the social equals of whites. 
C)  All men and women (no matter their race or class) could be saved by God. 
D)  Charles Finney was not allowed to preach because he was a black man.

Question 4

How did African Americans participate in the antislavery movement in the early nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  They assisted secretly in the South, and helped in direct action in the North. 
B)  They controlled the large antislavery societies in the North, although whites joined. 
C)  They led and organized societies in the Upper South. 
D)  Because of the prevalence of racism, they were not allowed to help at all. 
A)  They assisted secretly in the South, and helped in direct action in the North. 
B)  They controlled the large antislavery societies in the North, although whites joined. 
C)  They led and organized societies in the Upper South. 
D)  Because of the prevalence of racism, they were not allowed to help at all.

Question 5

What was not a result of Nat Turner's Rebellion?

Accepted Answer

A)  Garrison and other abolitionists took the blame for the uprising. 
B)  The slaves in the uprising killed almost 60 whites, although they were put down by the militia. 
C)  Northern abolitionists publicly supported the peaceful resolution of the slavery problem. 
D)  All of these are correct. 
A)  Garrison and other abolitionists took the blame for the uprising. 
B)  The slaves in the uprising killed almost 60 whites, although they were put down by the militia. 
C)  Northern abolitionists publicly supported the peaceful resolution of the slavery problem. 
D)  All of these are correct.

Question 6

What Protestant denomination is credited with beginning the antislavery movement in the North?

Accepted Answer

A)  Methodist 
B)  Quaker 
C)  Baptist 
D)  Episcopalian 
A)  Methodist 
B)  Quaker 
C)  Baptist 
D)  Episcopalian

Question 7

What was one way women could enter the public sphere in nineteenth-century America?

Accepted Answer

A)  through church and benevolent society activities 
B)  through running for public office 
C)  through speaking in public on whatever subject they wished 
D)  through secretly distributing books on politics 
A)  through church and benevolent society activities 
B)  through running for public office 
C)  through speaking in public on whatever subject they wished 
D)  through secretly distributing books on politics

Question 8

Why did some blacks begin to oppose colonization?

Accepted Answer

A)  They had no money to go to Africa. 
B)  They felt that they were Americans and entitled to all the rights of white people. 
C)  They recognized that it was only supported by whites, who wanted to get rid of them. 
D)  No blacks wanted to go to Africa, since they thought it was a horrible, disease-ridden place. 
A)  They had no money to go to Africa. 
B)  They felt that they were Americans and entitled to all the rights of white people. 
C)  They recognized that it was only supported by whites, who wanted to get rid of them. 
D)  No blacks wanted to go to Africa, since they thought it was a horrible, disease-ridden place.

Question 9

What was "practical Christianity"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Blacks could only be "practical" Christians because they were not allowed to be members of the churches. 
B)  Christians had to be as practical as possible, and that meant accepting slavery in the South. 
C)  Some white southerners were called "practical Christians" because they never lived up to the ideals of their faith. 
D)  Those who were saved had to help others as a part of their faith. 
A)  Blacks could only be "practical" Christians because they were not allowed to be members of the churches. 
B)  Christians had to be as practical as possible, and that meant accepting slavery in the South. 
C)  Some white southerners were called "practical Christians" because they never lived up to the ideals of their faith. 
D)  Those who were saved had to help others as a part of their faith.

Question 10

Other than Africa, where did some African Americans choose to migrate?

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Question 11

What were the goals of the American Colonization Society?

Accepted Answer

A)  to have all of the territories of the United States be free 
B)  the immediate emancipation of all slaves 
C)  to gradually free slaves, through purchasing them and sending them to Africa 
D)  to colonize a blacks-only state in the western United States 
A)  to have all of the territories of the United States be free 
B)  the immediate emancipation of all slaves 
C)  to gradually free slaves, through purchasing them and sending them to Africa 
D)  to colonize a blacks-only state in the western United States

Question 12

Who initially supported the American Colonization Society?

Accepted Answer

A)  all northern whites 
B)  some upper South slaveholders 
C)  some atheists who had formed an antislavery group 
D)  several former presidents, including James Madison 
A)  all northern whites 
B)  some upper South slaveholders 
C)  some atheists who had formed an antislavery group 
D)  several former presidents, including James Madison

Question 13

What is a term used for people who favored getting rid of slavery throughout the country?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What is a term used for people...

How did Walker's pamphlet influence the antislavery movement?

What "first" did female abolitionist leader Maria Stewart accomplish?

What important message did Charles Finney preach during the Second Great Awakening?

How did African Americans participate in the antislavery movement in the early nineteenth century?

What was not a result of Nat Turner's Rebellion?

What Protestant denomination is credited with beginning the antislavery movement in the North?

What was one way women could enter the public sphere in nineteenth-century America?

Why did some blacks begin to oppose colonization?

What was "practical Christianity"?

Other than Africa, where did some African Americans choose to migrate?

What were the goals of the American Colonization Society?

Who initially supported the American Colonization Society?

What is a term used for people who favored getting rid of slavery throughout the country?

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Black People in Colonial North America

Rising Expectations: African Americans and the Struggle for Independence

African Americans in the New Nation, 1783-1820

Life in the Cotton Kingdom

Free Black People in Antebellum America

Let Your Motto Be Resistance

And Black People Were at the Heart of It

Liberation: African Americans and the Civil War

The Meaning of Freedom: the Promise of Reconstruction

The Meaning of Freedom: the Failure of Reconstruction, 1868-1877

White Supremacy Triumphant: African Americans in the South in the Late Nineteenth Century

Black Southerners Challenge White Supremacy

Conciliation, Agitation, and Migration: African Americans in the Early Twentieth Century

African Americans and the 1920s

Black Protests, the Great Depression, and the New Deal

Meanings of Freedom: Culture and Society in the 1930s and 1940s

The World War Ii Era and the Seeds of a Revolution, 1936-1948

The Freedom Movement

Black Nationalism, Black Power, Black Arts, 1965-1976

African Americans at the Millennium

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Exam 8: Opposition to Slavery

How did Walker's pamphlet influence the antislavery movement?

What "first" did female abolitionist leader Maria Stewart accomplish?

What important message did Charles Finney preach during the Second Great Awakening?

How did African Americans participate in the antislavery movement in the early nineteenth century?

What was not a result of Nat Turner's Rebellion?

What Protestant denomination is credited with beginning the antislavery movement in the North?

What was one way women could enter the public sphere in nineteenth-century America?

Why did some blacks begin to oppose colonization?

What was "practical Christianity"?

Other than Africa, where did some African Americans choose to migrate?

What were the goals of the American Colonization Society?

Who initially supported the American Colonization Society?

What is a term used for people who favored getting rid of slavery throughout the country?

Africa

Middle Passage

Black People in Colonial North America

Rising Expectations: African Americans and the Struggle for Independence

African Americans in the New Nation, 1783-1820

Life in the Cotton Kingdom

Free Black People in Antebellum America

Let Your Motto Be Resistance

And Black People Were at the Heart of It

Liberation: African Americans and the Civil War

The Meaning of Freedom: the Promise of Reconstruction

The Meaning of Freedom: the Failure of Reconstruction, 1868-1877

White Supremacy Triumphant: African Americans in the South in the Late Nineteenth Century

Black Southerners Challenge White Supremacy

Conciliation, Agitation, and Migration: African Americans in the Early Twentieth Century

African Americans and the 1920s

Black Protests, the Great Depression, and the New Deal

Meanings of Freedom: Culture and Society in the 1930s and 1940s

The World War Ii Era and the Seeds of a Revolution, 1936-1948

The Freedom Movement

Black Nationalism, Black Power, Black Arts, 1965-1976

African Americans at the Millennium

The Triumph of Black Politics: 1980 to the Present

Filters