- 1. When was the Emancipation Proclamation issued?
A) 1820
B) 1863
C) 1776
D) 1900
- 2. Who was the President of the United States when slavery was abolished?
A) Andrew Jackson
B) George Washington
C) Thomas Jefferson
D) Abraham Lincoln
- 3. Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution officially abolished slavery?
A) 13th Amendment
B) 2nd Amendment
C) 10th Amendment
D) 18th Amendment
- 4. Who was a prominent leader in the abolitionist movement?
A) Frederick Douglass
B) Alexander Hamilton
C) Andrew Johnson
D) John Quincy Adams
- 5. Which state was the first to abolish slavery?
A) Georgia
B) Alabama
C) South Carolina
D) Vermont
- 6. What was the name of the network that helped enslaved individuals escape to freedom?
A) Overground Highway
B) Aboveboard Bridge
C) Submarine Pathway
D) Underground Railroad
- 7. Who wrote the famous novel 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' that raised awareness about the cruelties of slavery?
A) Nathaniel Hawthorne
B) Emily Dickinson
C) Harriet Beecher Stowe
D) Mark Twain
- 8. In what year did the 13th Amendment officially abolish slavery?
A) 1865
B) 1776
C) 1832
D) 1901
- 9. What was the name of the movement that aimed to end slavery in the United States?
A) Unionist Pursuit
B) Separatist Campaign
C) Secessionist Quest
D) Abolitionist Movement
- 10. Who was the first African American to be elected to the U.S. Senate?
A) Frederick Douglass
B) Harriet Tubman
C) Hiram Rhodes Revels
D) Booker T. Washington
- 11. What was the name of the court case that declared slavery unconstitutional in the United States?
A) Marbury v. Madison
B) Plessy v. Ferguson
C) Brown v. Board of Education
D) Dred Scott v. Sandford
- 12. Which abolitionist helped lead the raid on Harper's Ferry in an attempt to incite a slave revolt?
A) Harriet Beecher Stowe
B) John Brown
C) William Lloyd Garrison
D) Susan B. Anthony
- 13. What was the name of the document that formally abolished slavery in the Confederacy during the Civil War?
A) Declaration of Independence
B) Magna Carta
C) Bill of Rights
D) Emancipation Proclamation
- 14. Who was known as the 'Moses of her People' for her work in helping enslaved individuals escape to freedom?
A) Ida B. Wells
B) Mary Church Terrell
C) Harriet Tubman
D) Sojourner Truth
- 15. Who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln?
A) John Wilkes Booth
B) Charles Guiteau
C) Lee Harvey Oswald
D) Leon Czolgosz
- 16. What was the name of the ship that was famously taken over by enslaved Africans in 1839?
A) Santa Maria
B) Mayflower
C) Amistad
D) Titanic
- 17. Who was the president of the Confederacy during the Civil War?
A) Ulysses S. Grant
B) Jefferson Davis
C) Robert E. Lee
D) Stonewall Jackson
- 18. Which state was the last to abolish slavery?
A) Massachusetts
B) Texas
C) Mississippi
D) New York
- 19. Who co-founded the American Anti-Slavery Society in 1833?
A) Frederick Douglass
B) Sojourner Truth
C) William Lloyd Garrison
D) Harriet Tubman
- 20. Who was the Confederate Vice President known for his staunch defense of slavery and secession?
A) Jefferson Davis
B) Robert E. Lee
C) Alexander H. Stephens
D) Nathan Bedford Forrest
- 21. Which state became the first to secede from the Union in 1860, leading to the Civil War?
A) Texas
B) Mississippi
C) South Carolina
D) Georgia
- 22. Which political party formed in the 1850s on an anti-slavery platform, ultimately leading to the election of Abraham Lincoln?
A) Democratic Party
B) Whig Party
C) Know-Nothing Party
D) Republican Party
- 23. Which famous document declared that 'all men are created equal' and was among the earliest efforts to abolish slavery?
A) Gettysburg Address
B) Emancipation Proclamation
C) Albany Plan of Union
D) Declaration of Independence
- 24. Who was the general known for his devastating 'March to the Sea' campaign, bringing the Civil War to the civilians of Georgia and the Carolinas?
A) Stonewall Jackson
B) Ulysses S. Grant
C) William Tecumseh Sherman
D) Robert E. Lee
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