Abolitionist Movements and Anti-Slavery Efforts Quiz

Explore the Abolitionism topic with 15 questions. From famous figures to pivotal events, challenge your understanding of anti-slavery efforts.

#1

Who was the author of the influential anti-slavery novel 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'?

Harriet Tubman
Frederick Douglass
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Sojourner Truth
#2

Which country was the first to abolish the transatlantic slave trade in 1807?

United States
Brazil
United Kingdom
France
#3

Which American state was the first to abolish slavery in 1777?

Massachusetts
New York
Pennsylvania
Vermont
#4

Who was the African-American abolitionist who famously raided the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry in an attempt to initiate an armed slave revolt?

Frederick Douglass
John Brown
William Lloyd Garrison
Nat Turner
#5

Which American president issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, declaring all slaves in Confederate-held territory to be free?

Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
Ulysses S. Grant
James Buchanan
#6

Which organization was founded by William Lloyd Garrison in 1833 and was one of the earliest and most influential abolitionist organizations?

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
American Anti-Slavery Society
Underground Railroad
Freedmen's Bureau
#7

Who was known as the 'Moses of her people' for her work as a conductor on the Underground Railroad, helping enslaved people escape to freedom?

Harriet Beecher Stowe
Harriet Tubman
Sojourner Truth
Frederick Douglass
#8

The 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified in 1865, abolished what?

Indentured servitude
Slavery
Segregation
Jim Crow laws
#9

Who was the leader of the Haitian Revolution, which resulted in the establishment of Haiti as the first independent black-led republic?

Toussaint Louverture
Jean-Jacques Dessalines
François-Dominique Toussaint
Henri Christophe
#10

Which famous abolitionist delivered the speech 'What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?' in 1852?

Frederick Douglass
Harriet Tubman
William Lloyd Garrison
John Brown
#11

Who was the African-American abolitionist and women's rights activist who famously delivered the 'Ain't I a Woman?' speech in 1851?

Harriet Tubman
Sojourner Truth
Ida B. Wells
Mary Church Terrell
#12

Which famous speech by Abraham Lincoln declared that 'a house divided against itself cannot stand,' referencing the issue of slavery in the United States?

Emancipation Proclamation
Gettysburg Address
Cooper Union Address
House Divided Speech
#13

Which treaty, signed in 1815, between Britain and France, stated their intent to work together to end the transatlantic slave trade?

Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Ghent
Treaty of Vienna
#14

Who was the African-American woman who successfully sued for her freedom after being transported to a free state, leading to a landmark US Supreme Court case in 1857?

Harriet Tubman
Sojourner Truth
Dred Scott
Harriet Scott
#15

Which US president signed the legislation that finally abolished the transatlantic slave trade in 1808?

Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
John Adams
James Monroe

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