Deck 8: Opposition to Slavery

Question 1

What were the limitations of the early antislavery movement?

A) Blacks and whites worked in the same organizations but often could not agree.
B) White abolitionists did not think that blacks should have equal rights.
C) Most efforts did little to abolish slavery in the South.
D) They were generally working only for the gradual ending of slavery.

Answer 1

White abolitionists did not think that blacks should have equal rights.

Question 2

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

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

Answer 2

They assisted white abolitionists secretly in the South and helped with direct action in the North.

Question 3

What is the connection between the origins of Gabriel's aborted slave conspiracy in 1800 and the nation of France in the 1790s?

A) France enjoyed a long decade of peace during the 1790s, allowing Gabriel to recruit followers and plan his revolt.
B) France continued to practice slavery into the early 1800s, angering Gabriel and leading to the revolt.
C) The French Revolution, which broke out in the 1790s and inspired the Haitian slave revolt, influenced Gabriel to plan his revolt.
D) The French government allied with the U.S.during the decade to suppress local slave rebellions in Virginia, angering Gabriel and leading to his conspiracy of 1800.

Answer 3

The French Revolution, which broke out in the 1790s and inspired the Haitian slave revolt, influenced Gabriel to plan his revolt.

Question 4

For whom did the Democratic Party advocate during the 1820s and 1830s?

A) The Democratic Party advocated for the interest of women.
B) The Democratic Party advocated for the interests of slaveholders.
C) The Democratic Party advocated for the rights of free blacks to vote.
D) The Democratic Party advocated for the rights of Indians to remain in areas east of the Mississippi.

Question 5

What was the Second Great Awakening?

A) It was a religious revival, where ordinary blacks and whites played a large role.
B) The Awakening refers to the development of two political parties in America.
C) It was a religious revival, but had very few consequences outside of churches.
D) It was a Native American religious festival during the 1730s and 1740s.

Question 6

How are the values of early Quakers connected to the origins of the second antislavery movement?

A) When Quakers realized that God did not exist, they started the second antislavery movement to get further away from Christianity in the 1730s.
B) When Quakers realized that blacks were superior to whites in the 1730s, they started the second antislavery movement to rid the nation of blacks.
C) When Quakers realized that slaveholding was a gift from God in the 1730s, they bought more slaves, leading to the second antislavery movement.
D) When Quakers realized their spiritual values conflicted with slavery, they started the second antislavery movement in the 1730s.

Question 7

What was a result of Vesey's conspiracy?

A) Blacks demonstrated they could stand united against whites.
B) South Carolina decided to decrease some restrictions on slaves in cities, because they did not participate in the rebellion.
C) The state legislature passed laws forbidding slaves to read, banning their assembly, and jailing black sailors while their ships were docked.
D) Vesey was deported to Haiti, with several of his conspirators.

Question 8

What is the relationship between African culture and the main strategy of the Denmark Vesey conspiracy of 1822?

A) African religion would protect black rebels from harm.
B) African music would destroy white soldiers.
C) African stories would motivate slave masters to lay down their arms.
D) African food would put whites to sleep and help blacks end slavery.

Question 9

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

A) Blacks should be enslaved because God wanted them to be slaves.
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 10

What was a difference between Gabriel's conspiracy and Vesey's conspiracy?

A) Gabriel was influenced by the French and Haitian revolutions.
B) Vesey included more elements of religion in his plot.
C) Vesey was a slave, and Gabriel was a free man.
D) Gabriel's conspiracy was successful.

Question 11

Which of the following statements is true about the Whig Party during the 1820s and 1830s?

A) The Whigs attracted people who favored a more liberal social policy, mainly because the Democrats pushed them away.
B) The Whigs failed to attract evangelical Christians, who were more interested in maintaining slavery.
C) The Whigs favored the abolition of slavery.
D) The Whig Party was completely ineffectual and felt that the freemasons were trying to take over America.

Question 12

How is the white response to the Vesey conspiracy an example of slaveholder paranoia?

A) After the revolt, local whites jailed free black seamen while in port.
B) After the revolt, local whites banned slavery in Charleston.
C) After the revolt, local whites murdered 300 free black people.
D) After the revolt, local whites expelled the state's free black population.

Question 13

What was an effect of Gabriel's conspiracy in 1800?

A) White northerners blamed southern slaves for instigating the revolt.
B) White southerners began to think that a race war was possible in the South.
C) Because the rebellion was unsuccessful, whites thought their protection against slave revolt was adequate.
D) White southerners decided that it was time to loosen the restrictions on slaves.

Question 14

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

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

Question 15

What is the connection between the local free black community and the origins of the Vesey conspiracy?

A) Slaves started the rebellion but free blacks joined them in revolt.
B) Free blacks attempted to stop the rebellion from taking place.
C) Free blacks organized the rebellion.
D) Free blacks raised funds but had no other role in the rebellion.

Question 16

What was "practical Christianity"?

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 which 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 people who were saved had to oppose sin and help others as a part of their faith.

Question 17

What attitude characterized American politics during the Jacksonian Era?

A) openness to new ideas and thoughts
B) paranoia and fear of conspiracies
C) a desire to establish equal rights for blacks
D) a desire to increase the scope of the United States

Question 18

What is the connection between slavery and the defeat of the Vesey conspiracy?

A) Slavery made whites think that it was unnecessary to create state militias, so local slaveholders put down the revolt.
B) Local slaves took up arms against Vesey, ending the revolt.
C) Local slaveholders had no role to play in ending the revolt.
D) A house servant informed local authorities of the impending revolt.

Question 19

Which of the following is true about the Denmark Vesey conspiracy in 1822?

A) It led to Quakers and their abolitionist societies having a greater influence.
B) It was put down after the blacks had killed 100 whites and burned several blocks of Charleston.
C) It reinforced white beliefs that the free black population was a dangerous influence.
D) It led to the end of slavery in the South in 1830.

Question 20

What role did white southerners think that free blacks played in slave revolts?

A) White southerners thought that free blacks were incapable of independent thought and therefore would not take a role in revolts.
B) White southerners thought that free blacks were an extremely dangerous element and responsible for inciting slaves to rebellion.
C) White southerners mainly thought that foreigners, not free blacks, had the main roles in slave revolts.
D) White southerners thought that free blacks played a minimal role because they realized that slaves were unhappy in slavery and would try to get out of it.

Question 21

Why did some blacks endorse returning to Africa?

A) They wanted to bring Christianity to that continent.
B) They felt that Africa offered a better form of democracy.
C) They wanted to experience the culture of their ancestors, considered better than that of America.
D) They agreed that Africa offered better living conditions.

Question 22

Who may have influenced David Walker when Walker was a child?

A) Nat Turner
B) William Lloyd Garrison
C) Denmark Vesey
D) John Brown

Question 23

Consider the Voices text titled "William Watkins Opposes Colonization." How does Watkins's letter reflect the s of black nationalism?

A) The letter stresses the need for black unity, moral improvement, and education.
B) The letter stresses black militancy and the need to use violence to help black people.
C) The letter stresses the need to encourage blacks to return to Africa.
D) The letter stresses the need to work closely with southern whites for peaceful change.

Question 24

Examine the map of Monrovia,Liberia,c.1830 that appears in Chapter 8.What is the relationship of the main Liberian settlement shown in the image to the primary goals of the American Colonization Society?

A) The settlement fulfills the mission of placing blacks physically in Africa to live.
B) The settlement fulfills the mission of creating a military fort to attack local natives.
C) The settlement fulfills the mission of making a trading station to exploit Africans.
D) The settlement fulfills the mission of building an airport for future tourism.

Question 25

Why was the Erie Canal significant for the U.S.economy in 1825?

A) It dramatically decreased the importance of slavery in the West.
B) It led to a decrease of internal trade throughout the nation.
C) It linked the Old Northwest to Northeastern markets.
D) It forced immigration into a decline for ten years.

Question 26

Examine the painting The Trail of Tears done in 1942 by Robert Lindneux.What is the intended meaning of the image?

A) the successful forced removal of Native Americans
B) the violent nature of the forced removal
C) the sorrow and dismay of Native Americans forcibly removed
D) the resistance of Native Americans to removal

Question 27

What aspect of the 1844 lithograph of Julianne Tillman indicates that she was an AMEC preacher?

A) She is shown inside a church building.
B) She is shown speaking from a pulpit with a Bible.
C) She is shown dressed as a typical northern black woman of her era.
D) She is shown standing with a white handkerchief in her left hand.

Question 28

What beliefs did William Lloyd Garrison hold about slavery?

A) As a black man, he felt that slavery was not economically practical and would die out of its own accord.
B) He thought that gradually abolishing slavery was immoral and impractical.
C) He thought that the highest position a black man should hold would be that of a slave.
D) He thought that slavery should not be extended to any new territory, but could continue where it was.

Question 29

Which of the following is a correct statement about the effort to colonize free African Americans in Africa?

A) The rate of colonization was far too low to be effective.
B) American blacks found the cultures of their new lands very familiar.
C) All blacks supported colonization, and looked forward to moving to Africa.
D) Colonization occurred only in North Africa.

Question 30

Why did some blacks begin to oppose colonization?

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 supported only by whites, who wanted to get rid of them.
D) No blacks wanted to go to Africa because they thought it was a horrible, disease-ridden place.

Question 31

What were the goals of the American Colonization Society?

A) to have all of the territories of the United States be free from slavery
B) to emancipate all slaves in the United States immediately
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 away from white cities

Question 32

How did the Democratic Party view the issue of slavery?

A) The Democrats were the early abolitionists, seeking to destroy slavery.
B) The Democrats supported the expansion of slavery into new regions.
C) The Democrats wanted to keep slavery where it existed already.
D) The Democrats hated slavery, but generally lacked the backbone to stop it.

Question 33

Who initially supported the American Colonization Society?

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 34

In what city did David Walker publish his Appeal?

A) Charleston, South Carolina
B) Vicksburg, Mississippi
C) New York City, New York
D) Boston, Massachusetts

Question 35

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

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

Question 36

How did William Lloyd Garrison view the idea of colonization?

A) He ignored the colonization movement.
B) He strongly opposed colonization.
C) He favored colonization.
D) He initially opposed colonization but later favored the idea.

Question 37

What did black women without status or education do in the abolitionist movement?

A) Black women without status or education had no opportunity to oppose slavery in public.
B) Black women without status or education could harbor fugitives or even buy relatives.
C) Black women without status or education could write letters to the editors of their newspapers expressing their views.
D) Black women without status or education could vote against pro-slavery politicians.

Question 38

Consider the Voices text that was published in Freedom's Journal on August 10,1827.In what ways is this letter by Matilda emblematic of the challenges faced by black women during the era?

A) The letter calls for the need to provide free food and support to black women.
B) The letter calls for the need to encourage Irish immigrants to help black children.
C) The letter calls for the need to improve the lives of free black men and women through labor.
D) The letter calls for the need to educate young black women denied education.

Question 39

What did David Walker's Appeal...to the Colored Citizens of the World advocate?

A) the use of violence by slaves to secure their freedom from white masters
B) patience by slaves to wait for God's word to free them
C) the immediate immigration of slaves to Africa to gain their rights
D) submission of black slaves to their white masters

Question 40

How did William Lloyd Garrison change the nature of the antislavery movement?

A) He attempted to exclude women from the antislavery movement.
B) He thought that whites should play the main role and refused to allow any black membership in his organization.
C) He called for the immediate abolition of slavery and a commitment to racial justice.
D) He called for violent uprisings and the murder of slaveholders.

Question 41

How did Walker's pamphlet influence the antislavery movement?

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 42

The colonization movement was an overwhelming success among Africans,free blacks in the U.S.,and northern and southern whites.

Question 43

Charles Deslondes led a slave revolt in Alabama in 1811.

Question 44

All of the major slave conspiracies became slave revolts during the early 1800s.

Question 45

How did black abolitionists compare Turner to both Gabriel and Toussaint Louverture?

A) All were seen as villains to the antislavery cause.
B) All were seen as heroes to the antislavery cause.
C) All were seen as heroes for the proslavery cause.
D) All were seen as foolish men bent on a hopeless cause.

Question 46

What were the results of the Turner uprising for Nat Turner and his co-conspirators?

A) They received death by hanging.
B) They received medals from northern states for their heroism.
C) They received a cash settlement from excited local free black communities.
D) They were imprisoned for life.

Question 47

Why did Turner plan a slave revolt?

A) He wanted to help poor southern whites who were victims of slavery.
B) He wanted to help free black people in the northern states.
C) He had religious visions that told him to end slavery through violence.
D) He was in love with an enslaved woman and wanted to free her from bondage.

Question 48

What was a result of Nat Turner's rebellion?

A) Garrison and other abolitionists took the blame for the uprising.
B) The slaves in the uprising killed nearly whites.
C) The abolitionist movement ended in the U.S.
D) Slavery ended in the South.

Question 49

In August 1830,David Walker died of tuberculosis.

Question 50

What is the historical significance of the Nat Turner revolt in 1831?

A) It ended slavery in the South.
B) It led to greater freedoms for free blacks in the South.
C) It was the first slave uprising in twenty years.
D) It was the first slave uprising in U.S.history.

Question 51

What did David Walker and Nat Turner have in common?

A) Their mothers were friends and lived near one another in Virginia.
B) They had the same slave master.
C) They were deeply religious and from the South.
D) They were free.

Question 52

How did Nat Turner's contribution to ending slavery exceed the impact of David Walker's Appeal?

A) It provided greater hope for white southerners than did Walker's Appeal.
B) It led to a greater decline in religious practices than did Walker's Appeal.
C) It produced a decrease in slave revolts than did Walker's Appeal.
D) It instilled greater fear in white southerners than did Walker's Appeal.

Question 53

Within the Benevolent Empire,black evangelicals called for "a liberating faith" actively applied in ways that advanced material and spiritual well-being for people.

Question 54

The most devastation suffered by local blacks after a slave rebellion took place following the Nat Turner insurrection of 1831.

Question 55

Benjamin Lundy was a proslavery advocate who published a newspaper in Baltimore during the 1820s.

Question 56

The Democratic Party played a profound role in shaping the development of slavery as a national political issue.

Question 57

How did David Walker's Appeal help to bring on the Civil War?

A) It encouraged free blacks to attack northern cities through arson.
B) It instilled fear that encouraged southern whites to make greater demands on northern states.
C) It alarmed northern state governments who began to join southern states in arguing for the continuation of slavery.
D) It targeted prominent northern and southern whites for criticism which motivated prominent whites to come to their defense.

Question 58

Maria Stewart became the first American woman to speak before a male audience in 1831.

Question 59

What is portrayed in the 1830 drawing made of the capture of Nat Turner that appears in Chapter 8?

A) Turner's dignity and the difficulty of capturing Turner
B) the love earned by Turner from southern whites
C) the respect of Turner by southern blacks
D) the admiration of Turner by the federal government

Question 60

Black abolitionist women were unsuccessful in shaping the antislavery movement because gender discrimination prevented them from having any meaningful role.

Question 61

Why did the early antislavery movement experience limitations and a slow start?

Question 62

The concepts of __________ and __________ both held that women should not engage in politics, the professions, and most businesses.

Question 63

Northern whites referred to some Democrats as part of a "__________ __________" because they wanted to expand slavery outside of the southern states.

Question 64

How did the activities of black women shape the antislavery movement over time?

Question 65

An example of a __________ society during the era was the Philadelphia Female Antislavery Society formed in 1833.

Question 66

How did whites respond to the Vesey conspiracy of 1822?

Question 67

Why did a broad social reform movement expand during the 1850s? Why did white women play a prominent role in the movement?

Question 68

What is the connection between the benevolent empire,the Second Great Awakening,and the antislavery movement?

Question 69

The most important of the reform associations created during the era of the Benevolent Empire were for the __________ of slavery.

Question 70

What is the relationship between religion and southern slave conspiracies and revolts between 1800 and 1831?

Question 71

Why did the Denmark Vesey conspiracy of 1822 take place?

Question 72

The relationship between William Lloyd Garrison and __________ during the late 1820s helped to transform the antislavery movement away from a gradualist approach during the early 1830s.

Question 73

The ideological notion of __________ __________ underlay free black criticisms of the colonization movement.

Question 74

William Lloyd Garrison eventually endorsed the concept or strategy of __________ to combat slavery.

Question 75

Where did the initial impetus for abolitionism come from? What was it a part of?

Question 76

William Lloyd Garrison began publishing his antislavery newspaper,The __________,in 1831.

Question 77

Richard __________ and Absalom ________ created separate black churches in Philadelphia during the 1790s.

Question 78

What is the connection between the values of the Democratic Party and the issue of slavery during the 1820s and 1830s?

Question 79

A free black businessman named __________ __________was the most prominent black advocate of black migration to Africa during the early 1800s.

Question 80

Why did some blacks oppose the colonization movement?