Prior to the Civil War, the Liberty Party

Prior to the Civil War, the Liberty Party 

A. supported the rights of slaveowners.
B. opposed the admission of California into the union in 1850.
C. promoted "free soil."
D. focused on strengthening the fugitive slave laws.
E. campaigned for outright abolition.

Answer: C

In the 1840s, William Lloyd Garrison spoke against

In the 1840s, William Lloyd Garrison spoke against

A. equality for women.
B. defensive wars.
C. ending the asylum system.
D. Northern disunion from the South.
E. extreme pacifism.

Answer: B

One leading abolitionist who was murdered for his activism was

One leading abolitionist who was murdered for his activism was 

A. William Lloyd Garrison.
B. Frederick Douglass.
C. Sojourner Truth.
D. Benjamin Lundy.
E. Elijah Lovejoy.

Answer: E

Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass 

A. was born free but was sold into slavery as a youth.
B. wrote for William Lloyd Garrison's abolitionist newspaper.
C. spent years lecturing in England against slavery.
D. was an ordained minister.
E. argued that blacks wanted only an end to slavery, and not full social equality.

Answer: C