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What does this image reveal about the antislavery movement in the United States?
Abolitionists highlighted the hypocrisy of the "Land of the Free" having slaves in its capital. Quotations from the Bible were used to support abolitionists' claims that slavery was a sin.
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 it reveal about utopian communities in the mid-nineteenth century?
Shaker communities were spread throughout the United States in the first half of the nineteenth century. New York had many different utopian communities within its borders.
identify the statements that describe why was this image was frequently used by abolitionists.
The image calls upon white Americans to recognize blacks as fellow men unjustly held in bondage. The depiction of this slave represents African-Americans as unthreatening individuals seeking white assistance from slavery.
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 Correct label: David Walker brilliant orator whose rallies helped create a mass constituency in the heart of the North, in both rural areas and small towns Correct label: Theodore Weld publisher of The Liberator, which promoted militant abolitionism Correct label: William Lloyd Garrison
Identify the statements that describe the goals and activities of the "utopian communities" established in the decades before the Civil War.
ommunities" established in the decades before the Civil War. Correct Answer(s) 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 Incorrect Answer(s) inspired by the market revolution, these communities preached a gospel of self-improvement through the acquisition of material goods believed that women were the "property" of men
The Shakers were the most successful of the religious "utopian" communities. In addition to their progressive beliefs on the traditional roles of women and men, they found commercial success through furniture manufacturing and the sale of seeds.
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Identify the goals of the following reform movements and organizations.
view society as capable of indefinite improvement, and work to free it of sin through revivals and other tactics Correct label: perfectionism eliminate slavery throughout the country immediately Correct label: abolition movement dissuade individuals from drinking, and guide them toward a moral lifestyle Correct label: temperance movement fund and support public education for all students Correct label: common schools
