The document contains 25 questions about key people and events in the abolitionist movement in the United States in the early to mid-1800s. It asks about the views and experiences of abolitionists like Angela Grimke, Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, and John Brown. It also asks about the growth of the abolitionist movement, including the founding of the American Anti-Slavery Society and its tactics for spreading the message of immediate emancipation. Finally, it asks about southern resistance to the movement and the tensions that arose both within the movement and in society over the fight to end slavery.

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Abolitionist
Part
1
Video
Guide
1. How
did
Angela
Grimke
feel
about
slavery
in
the
South?
2. What
was
Frederick
Douglas’
first
experience
with
slavery
like?
3. In
the
late
1820’s
how
many
slaves
were
there
in
the
United
States?
4. How
many
Northern
states
had
outlawed
slavery?
5. What
invention
had
a
great
impact
on
slaves?
6. What
was
worth
more
than
all
the
manufacturing
and
transportation
industries
combined?
7. What
did
some
people
want
to
do
with
African
slaves?
8. Who
did
William
Lloyd
Garrison
live
with
in
Baltimore,
Maryland?
9. Was
Garrison
a
“gradual”
or
“immediate”
abolitionist?
Why?
10. What
was
the
name
of
Garrison’s
newspaper?
11. What
rebellion
took
place
in
Virginia?
12. Was
Lyman
Beecher
a
gradual
or
immediate
abolitionist?
Why?

2. 13. What
does
Harriet
Beecher
witness
when
she
goes
to
Kentucky?
14. What
is
the
American
Anti-­‐Slavery
Society?
15. Why
was
Frederick
Douglas
not
beaten
or
punished
for
hitting
his
white
slave
owner?
16. How
did
the
American
Anti-­‐Slavery
Society
plan
to
spread
the
abolitionist’s
movement?
17. How
does
the
South
fight
against
the
abolitionist
movement
in
the
South?
18. What
did
Angela
Grimke
do
to
contribute
to
the
abolitionist
movement?
19.
What
happened
to
William
Llloyd
Garrison
in
the
South
that
shook
him
to
the
core?
20.
What
memory
did
Elijah
Lovejoy’s
death
spark
in
John
Brown’s
mind?
21.
What
issue
did
Angela
Grimke
and
Theodore
Weld
disagree
on?
22.
What
even
occurred
at
Pennsylvania
Hall?
23.
What
book
was
written
by
Grimke
and
Weld?
24. How
did
William
Lloyd
Garrison
feel
about
the
Constitution
and
the
government?
25. What
happened
to
the
American
Anti-­‐Slavery
society
in
1840?