Inquizitive Chapter 12

Abolitionists pioneered the use of modern methods and technology to gain support and finance their cause. Which of the following are examples of their approaches to fighting slavery?

-Abolitionists seized upon the recently developed steam printing press to produce millions of copies of pamphlets, newspapers, petitions, novels, and broadsides. -They adopted techniques from the revivalists—traveling and speaking passionately about the abolitionist cause to spread awareness about the plight of slaves.

Black communities in the North devised an alternative calendar of "freedom celebrations" that centered on which of the following significant dates?

-January 1, which was the day in 1808 when the slave trade became illegal -August 1, the celebration of West Indian emancipation

What does this image reveal about the antislavery movement in the United States?

-Quotations from the Bible were used to support abolitionists' claims that slavery was a sin. -Abolitionists highlighted the hypocrisy of the "Land of the Free" having slaves in its capital.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott, veterans of the antislavery crusade, organized the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848. Identify the key issues discussed at the Seneca Falls Convention.

-The convention marked the beginning of the struggle for women's suffrage. -Stanton and Mott argued for social equality for women, including fair pay and equal opportunities.

Identify the statements that describe why was this image was frequently used by abolitionists.

-The depiction of this slave represents African-Americans as unthreatening individuals seeking white assistance from slavery. -The image calls upon white Americans to recognize blacks as fellow men unjustly held in bondage.

Identify the statements that describe the militant abolitionism movement in the United States.

-The new generation of abolitionists rejected the traditional approach of gradual emancipation and demanded immediate abolition. -Nearly all abolitionists insisted that economic, civil, and political rights should be enjoyed equally by all people in the United States, without regard to race.

How have religious reformers made a difference in American society?

-They amplified the debate for abolition, using Christian principles to attack slavery. -They spearheaded the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s. -They created the Social Gospel that sought to improve the lives of working people and immigrants.

The public sphere was open to women in ways that government and party politics were not. How did women participate in the public political activity before they could vote?

-They circulated petitions. -They marched in political parades.

Identify the statements that describe the goals and activities of the "utopian communities" established in the decades before the Civil War.

-tried to find substitutes for conventional gender relations and marriage patterns -wanted to narrow the gap between the rich and poor, as well as organize society on a cooperative basis

Identify the abolitionist ideas Lydia Maria Child advocated in her An Appeal in Favor of That Class of Americans Called Africans (1833).

Blacks are fellow countrymen, not foreigners or a permanently inferior caste. As such, they should not be considered Africans any more than every white man be considered an Englishman.

Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin was modeled to some extent on the autobiography of Frederick Douglass.

False

In 1836, when abolitionists began to flood Washington with petitions calling for emancipation in the nation's capital, the House of Representatives adopted the gag rule, which prohibited southern congressmen from speaking out against the petitions.

False

The Liberty Party was created in 1840 and nominated James G. Birney as its candidate for president. Identify the statements that describe the Liberty Party.

The creation of the Liberty Party was partly due to some abolitionists' dislike of women playing prominent roles in politics.

What was the American Colonization Society created to encourage?

The gradual abolition of slavery and the resettlement of black Americans in Africa

Identify the statements that describe the temperance movement.

The temperance movement claimed to have persuaded hundreds of thousands of Americans to renounce liquor. The American Temperance Society, founded in 1826, directed its efforts at occasional drinkers, as well as habitual drinkers.

Which of the following statements describe the abolitionist use of moral suasion?

They used the public sphere as their arena to spread ideas of the sinful nature of slavery.

The American Anti-Slavery Society was formed in 1833 and took advantage of the rapid development of print technology and the expansion of literacy due to common school education to successfully spread its message.

True

The creation of the American Colonization Society galvanized free blacks to claim their rights as Americans and demand that they receive the same freedoms as white citizens of the country.

True

Match the individuals to their contributions to the abolitionist cause.

author of An Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World, which called on blacks to mobilize and warned whites they would be punished for their sinful ways -David Walker brilliant orator whose rallies helped create a mass constituency in the heart of the North, in both rural areas and small towns -Theodore Weld publisher of The Liberator, which promoted militant abolitionism -William Lloyd Garrison

Identify the goals of the following reform movements and organizations.

dissuade individuals from drinking, and guide them toward a moral lifestyle -Temperance Movement eliminate slavery throughout the country immediately -abolition movement fund and support public education for all students -common schools view society as capable of indefinite improvement, and work to free it of sin through revivals and other tactics -perfectionism