Chapter 12: Living in a Nation of Changing Lands, Changing Faces, Changing Expectations

Question 1

Great Famine of 1845-1850

Answer 1

• pushed poor Irish Catholics to immigrate
• 1 million dead in first 5 years

Question 2

Irish Catholics

Answer 2

• viewed as lower than Protestant Irish and given lowest jobs (domestic servants and laborers)
• settled in cities and church communities (Philadelphia, Boston, NYC)

Question 3

Underground Railroad

Answer 3

• established as series of hidden paths, safehouses, conductors and transportation north
• Harriet Tubman

Question 4

The Liberator

Answer 4

• newspaper by William Lloyd Garrison
• leading publication advocating for abolition of slavery

Question 5

American Anti-Slavery Society

Answer 5

• Founded in Boston in 1833, society dedicated to abolition of slavery
• WLD one of the key members in its launch

Question 6

Declarations of Sentiments and Resolutions

Answer 6

• document following words of the Constitution that marked the beginning of the women’s right movement
• July 20, 1848, 68 women and 32 men signed in Seneca Falls, NY

Question 7

Seneca Falls Women’s Right Convention

Answer 7

• meeting in response to the World Anti-Slavery Convention in London, which women were not allowed to speak at
• meeting met with wave negativity, however, male abolitionists like Frederick Douglass attended
• gained local and nat. support and strengthened movement

Question 8

Frederick Douglass

Answer 8

• born a slave in Maryland in 1817, visited by his mother who lived 12 mi away on nights
• first attempted runaway in 1835 but tried again 3 years later and succeeded in running to NY in 1838

Question 9

Harriet Tubman

Answer 9

• 1 of most important conductors along with many Quakers and other runaways
• helped lead 200-300 slaves to freedom
• escaped slavery an returned to south to rescue her family and friends

Question 10

Denmark Vesey

Answer 10

• planned 1 of the biggest slave results in an attack on Charleston, storming the armory, murdering the whites and sailing for Haiti
• literate and fluent in French and used Bible to support his influence

Question 11

Nat Turner

Answer 11

• lead the most successful and impactful slave revolt, leading to the passing of laws to hold down slaves

Question 12

William Lloyd Garrison

Answer 12

• Slavery abolitionist, novelist
• burns the Fugitive Slave Act and the copy of the Constitution at an 1854 rally where the crowd applauded
• came to be hated by Southern slave owners

Question 13

Sara and Angelina Grimke

Answer 13

• early advocates for women’s rights and the abolition of slavery, using gender equality to defend their views

Question 14

Lucretia Mott

Answer 14

• organized Seneca Falls meeting

Question 15

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Answer 15

• organized Seneca Falls meeting

Question 16

Sojourner Truth

Answer 16

• combined anti-slavery movement and women’s right movement to become a great spokesperson for equality