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What best explains why slavery had nearly disappeared in the North before the Civil War?

Slave rebellions had forced an end to slavery in the North

Slavery did not fit the economic interests of the North

The Constitution required an end to slavery in the North

Slave ownership was too expensive for Northern farmers

In the 1850s, why did may escaped slaves flee to Canada?

They feared being drafted into the Northern Army

More factory jobs were available in Canada.

The Fugitive Slave Act kept them at risk in the United States.

Northern Abolitionists refused to help fugitive slaves.

What state was annexed into the United States by 1845?

Florida

Texas

Montana

California

Which literary work argued in favor of the moral necessity of fighting slavery, even if it means resisting the law?

Common Sense

On the Duty of Civil Disobedience

The Headless Horseman

Rip Van Winkle

By the early 1800s, most Northern states _____?

Had returned all of their enslaved people to Africa

Had increased their reliance on enslaved labor

Had officially ended slavery

Had begun to set up the Underground Railroad.

The goal of the American Colonization Society was to ____.

Expand slavery by importing more Africans

Free enslaved African Americans and send them to Africa

Start a war between the Northern and Southern states

Oppose abolition through violence if necessary

Which statement is true about both William Lloyd Garrison and Sarah Grimké?

They came from Massachusetts.

They started newspapers.

They worked to end slavery.

They were African Americans.

Which publication was a novel about life under slavery?

Uncle Tom's Cabin

The Liberator

Freedom's Journal

American Slavery As It Is

William Lloyd Garrison ____.

Believed in gradual abolition

Called for an immediate end to slavery

Founded the American Colonization Society

Left the abolitionist movement to start a newspaper

____ is the most widely known African American abolitionist.

John Russwurm

Benjamin Lundy

Frederick Douglass

David Walker

Which statement reflects one goal Sojourner Truth worked toward?

Women should have more rights.

Slavery should continue in Northern states.

African Americans should move to Liberia.

Enslaved workers need more food.

The purpose of the Underground Railroad was to ____.

Bring fresh water to Southern communities.

Allow people to travel safely during wars

Help enslaved people reach freedom in the North

Transport people to new homes in Liberia

Which argument did anti-abolitionists use?

Enslaving people is morally wrong.

Enslaved people are well treated.

Enslaving people will lead to war.

Enslaved people should be sent to Africa.

The most famous conductor of the Underground Railroad was _____.

Harriet Tubman

Frederick Douglass

Sojourner Truth

William Lloyd Garrison

Phase one of industrialization in the North was that ____.

Employers divided jobs into smaller steps

Workers used machinery less and less frequently

Specialized workers were brought to separate factories

More workers produced less fabric in less time

In 1846 Elias Howe invented the _____, which helped workers make clothing in mass quantities.

Cotton gin

Sewing machine

Loom

Washing machine

Robert Fulton improved transportation with his invention of the ____.

Clipper ship

Steamboat

Steam locomotive

Canal system

The Midwest was connected to the East by 1860 because of ____.

The invention of the steamboat

The growth of cities

The development of canals

The growing system of railroad tracks

After the Great Train Wreck of 1856, newspapers demanded that railroads _____.

Fire their train engineers

Begin following speed limits

Make the safety of passengers their first concern

Stop transporting grain and livestock from the Midwest

What was the main goal of supporters of “Manifest Destiny” in the 1840s?

To convince Canada to become part of the U.S.

To expand the U.S. Territory to the Pacific Ocean

To build a canal across Central America

To acquire naval bases in the Caribbean

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