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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
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.
Identify the statements that describe the goals and activities of the "utopian communities" established in the decades before the Civil War.
wanted to narrow the gap between the rich and poor, as well as organize society on a cooperative basis tried to find substitutes for conventional gender relations and marriage patterns
The image below comes from a nineteenth-century book for children aimed to teach the righteousness of the abolitionists' cause. Drag each description below to the rhyming verse in the image it best describes.
"A" - This verse relates the abolitionist cause to the notion of liberty for every citizen, black and white "B" - This verse places the abolitionist cause in religious context "C" - This verse creates empathy for the slave's day-to-day life and work "D" - This verse illustrates the common enemy for slaves and abolitionists
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.
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.
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.
How does Grimké explain that the discussion of wrongs of slavery opened the way for the discussion of other rights?
By studying slavery, she realized women lacked basic freedoms as well.
_____________based the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin on the life story of Josiah Henson. First serialized in 1851 in a Washington antislavery newspaper, the novel eventually sold more than a million copies by 1854. It is credited with giving the ___________ message a powerful human appeal.
Harriet Beecher Stowe, abolitionist Stowe's book was so popular, in fact, there is a story that when the author visited Abraham Lincoln at the White House, he jokingly called her, "The little woman who started the big war." This may be only apocryphal, but it is a telling quotation.
The Grimké sisters received criticism for their public speaking not only from men, but other women. Read the following excerpt from An Essay on Slavery and Abolitionism (1837), a letter from Catharine Beecher to Angelina and Sarah Grimké. Afterward, identify the passage(s) in which Beecher directly claims that it is not the role of a woman to campaign for political change.
In this country, petitions to congress, in reference to the official duties of legislators, seem, IN ALL CASES, to fall entirely without the sphere of female duty. Men are the proper persons to make appeals to the rulers whom they appoint, and if their female friends, by arguments and persuasions, can induce them to petition, all the good that can be done by such measures will be secured.
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
Horace Mann was the era's leading education reformer. Identify the statements that describe Mann's contributions and ideas on education.
Mann hoped that universal public education would restore equality to a fractured society. Mann's common-school movement created the first career opportunity for women as they could become teachers.
On the map of utopian communities in the mid-nineteenth century, identify the state in which the community of Oneida was established. This is also the state where the very first Shaker community was established.
New York - The first Shaker community was established in upstate New York in 1787. Sixty-one years later, John Humphrey Noyes founded the influential and controversial Oneida community in upstate New York.
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.
The _________were the most successful of the religious "utopian" communities. Though they _______ accumulation of private property, they were able to support their community through the sale of __________, vegetable and flower seeds, and commercially bred cattle.
Shakers, rejected, furniture
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.
Stanton and Mott argued for social equality for women, including fair pay and equal opportunities. The convention marked the beginning of the struggle for women's suffrage.
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.
Identify the statements that describe the Oneida community.
The founder, John Humphrey Noyes, ruled like a dictator over the community. It became notorious for "complex marriages" whereby any man could propose sexual relations to any woman, who had the right to reject or accept his invitation.
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.
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 created the Social Gospel that sought to improve the lives of working people and immigrants. They amplified the debate for abolition, using Christian principles to attack slavery. They spearheaded the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s.
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 marched in political parades. They circulated petitions.
Which of the following statements describe Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Uncle Tom's Cabin sold more than a million copies by 1854, and it inspired numerous stage versions. Stowe portrayed slaves as sympathetic men and women and as Christians at the mercy of slaveholders who split up families and set bloodhounds on innocent mothers and children.
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
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
Like abolitionism, temperance, and other reforms, feminism was an international movement, as it reinforced the idea that women should remain in the home, which resonated in industrial Europe.
false
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
What was the American Colonization Society created to encourage?
the gradual abolition of slavery and the resettlement of black Americans in Africa
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.
true
The outlook called "perfectionism" held that even though individuals are flawed and commit sin, they are able to improve their lives through good choices in order to become better people.
true
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
