Chapter 8 Section 4

1. Chapter 8 Section 4 Mr. Love US HIS Game day

2. Early Opposition to Slavery • The movement to end slavery was very polarizing and contributed to the ____ ____. • Civil War • Many opposed slavery but not sure how to end it. Some supported an approach called _____, a call for the gradual end to slavery. • Gradualism

3. Early Opposition to Slavery • The society that pushed for African Americans to be sent back to Africa was the ____ _____ _____. • American Colonization Society • This nation in West Africa eventually became the country named ______. • Liberia • Why is colonization not a realistic solution to slavery? • Cost was high, and AA regarded America as their homeland.

4. The New Abolitionists • _____ is the idea that enslaved Africans should be freed immediately. • Abolition • The development of a large national abolitionist movement was largely due to the work of _____ ______ _____. • William Lloyd Garrison • The anti-slavery newspaper that he founded was called the ______. • Liberator

5. The New Abolitionists • This newspaper advocated for _______, or the freeing of all enslaved people. • Emancipation • Garrison is also able to found the ____ ____ ____ in 1833. • American Antislavery Society

6. The New Abolitionists • The most prominent free African American was ______ _____. • Frederick Douglass • He published his own antislavery newspaper called the ____ ____. • North Star • Another important African American female abolitionist was ____ ____. • Sojourner Truth

7. The Response to Abolitionism • Many northerners, even those who disapproved of slavery, opposed extreme abolitionism, viewing it as a threat to the existing social system. (T or F) • True • Many thought it would cause conflict between the ___ and the ____. • North; South • Many also thought in the North that it would kill the southern economy which would then hurt the northern economy as well.

8. The Response to Abolitionism • Most _____ believed that slavery was vital to their economy and were therefore against abolition. • South – Some defended slavery in the south by saying that slaves did not want to be freed because they benefited from their relationship with the slaveholder.

9. The Response to Abolitionism • In 1831 ____ ____ led a revolt by enslaved people that killed more than 50 Virginians. • Nat Turner • What was northern reaction to the abolitionist movement?