Abolitionism/womans Rights/religous Reform

Question 1

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Answer 1

Abolitionist author, Harriet Beecher Stowe rose to fame in 1851 with the publication of her best selling book “uncle toms cabin” which highlighted the evils of slavery, angered the slaveholding south, and inspired pro slavery copy cat works in defense of the institution of slavery.

Question 2

William Lloyd Garrison

Answer 2

Started an abolitionist paper, “the liberator”. He helped form the New England anti slavery society. When the civil war broke out, he continued to blast the Constitution as a pro slavery document. When the civil war ended he at last saw the abolition of slavery. He was Douglass mentor.

Question 3

Nat turner

Answer 3

Was an enslaved man who led rebellion of enslaved people. His action set off a massacre of up to 200 black people and a new wave of oppressive legislation prohibiting the education, movement, and assembly of enslaved people. The rebellion also stiffened pro slavery, anti abolitionist convictions that persisted in that region until the American civil war.

Question 4

Frederick Douglass

Answer 4

Was a formerly enslaved man who became prominent activist, author and public speaker. He became a leader in the abolitionist movement, which sought to end the practice of slavery, before and during the civil war. After the conflict and the emancipation proclamation he continued to push for equality and human rights until his death

Question 5

American colonization society

Answer 5

The American colonization society (ACS), also known as the American society of colonizing the free people of color in the United States, emerged as a national organization dedicated to promoting the manumission of the enslaved and settlement of free blacks in west Africa, specifically in the colony of Liberia. The ACS transported approximately 12,000 blacks to Liberia over the course of it’s existence

Question 6

Moral suasion

Answer 6

Is an appeal to morality, in order to influence or change behavior.

Question 7

Abolitionism

Answer 7

The abolitionist movement was an organized effort to end the practice of slavery in the United States. Though it started as a movement with religious underpinnings, supporters and critics often engaged in heated debates and violent, even deadly confrontations. The divisiveness and animosity fueled by the movement, along with other factors, led to the civil war and ultimately the end of slavery in America.

Question 8

Free soil

Answer 8

political party that opposed the extension of slavery into the western territories.