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Unit 6 Quiz Flashcards

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What is abolition?

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Ending a system or institution (Slavery/Peculiar Institution)

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What are peaceful approaches to abolition?

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Marches, Peaceful protests, hunger strikes, not showing up to work, boycotts, writings in newspaper, defying existing laws

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When was William Lloyd Garrison alive?

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1805-1879

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What are some characteristics of William Lloyd Garrison?

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White, Male, Free

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What are some important background facts about William Lloyd Garrison?

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Not part of the American elite, looking for work at a young age

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What are some main methods of persuasion that William Lloyd Garrison used?

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Print Media that focused on abolition –> founded The Liberator (abolitionist newspaper)

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William Lloyd Garrison was a _____ abolitionist

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radical (meaning extreme)

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William Lloyd Garrison did not want _______ abolition

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gradual

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What else did William Lloyd Garrison do for the slaves?

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Helped form the American anti-slavery society *

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When was Fredrick Douglass alive?

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1818 - 1895

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What are some characteristics of Fredrick Douglass?

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  • Male
  • African American
  • Enslaved, then free
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How does Fredrick Douglass free himself?

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Escapes by forged documents, and boarded a train

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Fredrick Douglass attended lectures of the ______

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American Anti-Slavery Society

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Fredrick Douglass was the ________ of the American Methodist Church in NYC

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minister

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What were the main methods of persuasion that Fredrick Douglass used?

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Writing his book
Religion

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What are some other important facts about Fredrick Douglass?

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Chats with President Lincoln on unequal treatment of black soldiers
Possible backup plan
Proved intelligence of blacks (smashed stereotypes)

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Why was the book the “Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglass” so important?

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First big publication of the point of view from a slave

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When was Sojourner Truth alive?

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1797 (Around) - 1883

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What are some characteristics of Sojourner Truth?

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Female
African American
Enslaved then free

20
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What does Sojourner Truth mean?

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Means temporary resident, travels around the world

21
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What were Sojourner Truth’s main methods of persuasion?

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Wrote a book (The Narrative of Sojourner Truth)
Public speaking

22
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What book did Sojourner Truth write

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The Narrative of Sojourner Truth

23
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Argued for black inclusion of blacks in the _________ army

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Union

24
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Tariff of 1828 Sojourner Truth

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25
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What is the message of Sojourner’s Truth’s speech “Aint I a Woman”?

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The message that white men advocate that women need proper care, but that message doesn’t apply to the black enslaved women

26
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When was Harriet Beecher Stowe alive?

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1811 - 1896

27
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What are some characteristics of Harriet Beecher Stowe?

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Female
White
Free
Born into a wealthy abolitionist family. Death of her son gave her compassion for slaves losing their children.

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What was Harriet Beecher Stowe’s main method of persuasion?

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Writing –> Uncle Tom’s Cabin

29
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Uncle Tom’s Cabin is about:

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A slave named Tom, the book goes through his life and all the hardships he had to go through as a slave.

30
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Uncle Tom’s Cabin is credited towards

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laying down the groundwork of the Civil War

31
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Should we know the general idea of the primary source of Uncle Tom’s cabin?***

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32
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When Harriet Tubman escaped, what was she planning on following to find her way to freedom?

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Following the drinking gourd (or the north star) in the underground railroad

33
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Why was Harriet Tubman sometimes referred to as “Moses?”

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Venturing back to the slave territory to free slaves

34
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Maryland planters set a $40,000 reward for doing what? (Harriet Tubman)

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Capturing her

35
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What else should we know about the underground railroad besides Harriet Tubman’s contributions??***

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36
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Why did the freed African American community opposed the ACS?

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  • Colonization was believed to be a pro-slavery conspiracy
  • Blacks homeland is America, from the many generations that spent their lifetimes as slaves
  • Colonization hinders the progress anti-slavery, because it legitimized racism.
  • African Americans believed that the ACS just wants to send them off to Africa to not deal with them
37
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Although William Lloyd Garrison was previously a member of the ACS, why did he later denounce it?

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  • Prior slaveholders started to denounce colonization for purely pro slavery purposes. The society faced economic difficulties, and internal divisions weakened it, which led them into debt.
  • Harming efforts for abolition
  • Ships take a while, lots of holdbacks to colonization → Might as well be in the institution
38
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Why is it important to note that Lincoln’s first impulse, as explained in 1854, was to “free all the slaves and send them to Liberia—to their own native land?”

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Lincoln had this same philosophy, trying to prevent the disunion. Went from gradualism to abolition

39
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Should we remember Burin’s, Guyatt’s, and Dorsey’s theories?***

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40
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Gradualism

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Gradual end to slavery (Abraham Lincoln and William Lloyd Garrison first promoted this)

41
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Martyr

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A person who is killed because of their religious or other beliefs.

42
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Elijah P. Lovejoy (5 W’s)

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Who ? Preacher for abolition, Writer
What? Buys a printing press to preach against slavery, slave owners burned his printing press. Makes a second printing press, they destroy the post office to disrupt new press.
Where ? Alton, IL (North)

43
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How did Elijah P. Lovejoy die?

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Shot 5 times in the chest

44
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Should we include Wilmot Proviso, John C. Calhoun’s Gag rule promotion, etc. or just the fugitive slave clause of 1850?***

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45
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In what ways might slavery have contributed to the outbreak of the Civil War?

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  • North and South views towards Black people
  • Uncle Tom’s Cabin (People see how people treat slaves)
  • Nat Turner’s Rebellion ***(HOW??)
  • 3/5th clause
  • Gag Rule (North does not agree with gag rule)
46
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Should we know how to compare Nat Turner/Prosser/and Vessey?***

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47
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david walker

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include him

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