Author Question: The leader of the uprising in Richmond, Virginia in 1800 was A) Denmark Vesey. B) Stephen ... (Read 70 times)

Bob-Dole · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

Most northern whites eagerly joined the abolitionist movement after 1830.

Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

Question 2

The abolitionist movement gained momentum in the 1830s and 1840s with the

A) growing recognition of the immorality of slavery in the South.
B) declining profitability of slavery in the United States.
C) new revivals that began in upstate New York.
D) emergence of the Republican party.

Question 3

The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850

A) required all citizens to help return escaped slaves to their owners.
B) forced foreign nations to return escaped slaves to the United States.
C) forced escaped slaves to turn themselves into authorities.
D) failed to anger northern abolitionists.

Question 4

William Lloyd Garrison's chief contribution to abolition was to

A) die as a martyr for the cause.
B) ensure that the topic remained in the attention of all Northerners.
C) alienate most northern whites from the cause.
D) incite many southern slave rebellions.

Question 5

The founder of the radical antislavery movement was

A) William Lloyd Garrison.
B) William Whipper.
C) Frederick Douglass.
D) Harriet Beecher Stowe.

Question 6

The leader of the uprising in Richmond, Virginia in 1800 was

A) Denmark Vesey.
B) Stephen Douglas.
C) Nat Turner.
D) Gabriel Prosser.