African American History: Chapter 9 Test

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Antiblack and antiabolitionist violence reached its peak in the __________.

1830s

Slavery was illegal in Canada after ________.

1833

By 1850, there were more than __________ free African Americans living in the United States.

400,000

Which of the following was true of the North Star?

A majority of its subscribers were white.

Which of the following views did William Lloyd Garrison hold?

Abolitionists should avoid formal involvement in politics.

Martin R. Delany and Henry Highland Garnet both favored __________.

African-American migration

Tensions over the role of women in abolitionism contributed to the splintering of the __________.

American Anti-Slavery Society

Which of the following statements is most accurate?

Black and white abolitionists were part of a single movement.

The United States acquired __________ as a result of the Mexican-American War.

California

Mary Ann Shadd Cary was a proponent of black migration to __________.

Canada West

The forced removal of __________ from Georgia to Oklahoma is known as the Trail of Tears.

Cherokees

Those who believed in Manifest Destiny saw American territorial expansion as __________.

God's will

What made Madison Washington a hero among abolitionists?

He led a revolt on a slave ship.

What prompted Harriet Tubman to escape in 1849?

Her master threatened to sell her.

__________ organized the first Black National Convention.

Hezekiah Grice

Which of the following was true of Mexico in the early nineteenth century?

It abolished slavery in 1829.

Which of the following best characterizes Frederick Douglass's break with the American Anti-Slavery Society?

It happened gradually over many years.

What did the Free Produce Association do in the early 1830s?

It pressured slaveholders by lobbying against buying produce grown by slaves.

Why do we know very little about the underground railroad?

It was a secret and unofficial organization with no centralized command.

Who led the fight against the Gag Rule in Congress?

John Quincy Adams

Henry Highland Garnet worked in close conjunction with the __________.

Liberty Party

Why did black newspapers find it difficult to survive?

Most African Americans were poor.

Which of the following was true of the underground railroad?

Most escaped slaves did not use it.

The radical __________ wing of the Liberty Party attracted the support of many black abolitionists.

New York

As a candidate for president, James K. Polk called for the annexation of Texas and __________.

Oregon

Which of the following did nativists view both as competitors for jobs and as cultural subversives?

Roman Catholics

Why did abolitionists blame some northern industrialists for perpetuating slavery?

Some industrialists prospered by making cloth from cotton produced by slaves.

The was a__________ schooner.

Spanish

What was the main difference between the Liberty Party and the "Old Organization" of the American Anti-Slavery Society?

The "Old Organization" stopped participating in politics, and the Liberty Party was an official third party in the American political system.

What did Ellen Craft, William Craft, and Henry Brown have in common?

They all traveled by train when escaping from slavery.

Which of the following was true of American Anti-Slavery Society agents?

They often travelled in pairs of one black agent and one white agent.

How did the New York Liberty Party interpret the Constitution?

They thought that it outlawed slavery throughout the entire country.

How were black people treated in the American Anti-Slavery Society?

They were often refused leadership roles or significant influence in decision making.

The rise in militancy in the 1840s can be attributed, in part, to __________.

a growing belief among black abolitionists that white abolitionists preferred talk to action

Almost all leading _______ abolitionists were ministers.

black

In the 1840s, the "Old Organization" called for ________.

disunion

Organized slave escapes along predetermined routes became common after the __________.

mid-1830s

Local vigilance organizations __________.

often had white members

Black conventions __________.

reflected the reform spirit of the antebellum period

Black churches __________.

sometimes served as meeting places for antislavery organizations

The Gag Rule was supported by __________.

southern representatives in Congress

The advent of immediate abolitionism __________.

sparked a violent backlash

The strategy known as moral suasion emphasized the __________ consequences of slavery.

spiritual

In what region were antiblack and antiabolitionist riots most common in the antebellum period?

the Northeast

Frederick Douglass believed that African Americans stood the best chance of succeeding in __________.

the United States

As the American Anti-Slavery Society increased in prominence in the 1830s, _________.

the black convention movement lost momentum

Freedom's Journal was __________.

the first black newspaper

What were the goals of the American Anti-Slavery Society (AASS)?

the immediate end to slavery, with no compensation for owners

What was the purpose of the Great Postal Campaign?

to influence white southerners

Sojourner Truth was a champion of abolition and __________.

women's rights


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