7.7b - Reform Movements: - Practices A through E

The handbill mentions “testimonies of self-emancipated persons” and the “Underground Rail Road.”

Explain what these phrases suggest about enslaved people’s resistance to slavery and how abolitionists used that resistance as evidence to influence others.

Which conclusion about resistance to slavery is best supported by the handbill?

Which sentence from the handbill best supports the idea that abolitionists were using political action to oppose slavery?

Identify two pieces of evidence from the handbill that show how the abolitionist movement tried to build support against slavery.

For each piece of evidence, explain what it suggests about the strategy the organizers were using.

Based on the handbill, which audience is the meeting most directly trying to persuade to participate?

Based on the notice, which action is most likely to happen after the meeting takes place?

Which detail from the notice best supports the conclusion that organized assistance for self-emancipated people existed by 1851?

Using the date (1851) and evidence in the notice, describe one earlier form of resistance by enslaved people and one later abolitionist effort that this meeting fits between.

Explain how the document supports your timeline.

Use evidence from the notice to explain a cause-and-effect relationship over time:

What problem or change likely led organizers to call this meeting in 1851, and what action did they plan as a response?

The notice is dated March 5, 1851.

Which national event most likely occurred shortly before this meeting and helps explain why the notice mentions the Fugitive Slave Law?

Comparison: Using evidence from BOTH Resolution I and Resolution II, explain how each reflects a different way the abolitionist movement tried to support resistance to slavery.

Include at least one specific phrase or detail from each resolution.

The broadside is dated Rochester, N.Y., 1854.

Explain how ONE national development from the early 1850s could help explain why the broadside emphasizes both helping fugitives and political action.

Use evidence from the document to support your explanation.

Which piece of evidence from the broadside best supports the conclusion that abolitionists were responding to federal law in the 1850s?

Which statement best describes how Resolution I and Resolution II are different?

Which conclusion is best supported when you consider BOTH resolutions together?

Which statement best explains how the map suggests geography helped people escaping slavery move through New York State?

Which pair of features on the map most directly connects Albany to western New York and helps explain why towns like Syracuse and Rochester appear along the routes?

Choose one route shown on the map. Explain two ways specific geographic features (such as a city location, a river, a lake, or the Erie Canal) could have helped people escape slavery and receive support.

Use map evidence.

Based on the direction arrows, which destination is the final endpoint of many routes shown on the map?

The map shows more than one possible path across New York State.

Compare two routes by naming at least one place or feature on each route and explaining why different routes might have been used.

Using evidence from the advertisement, explain how the price list and the wording work together to persuade people to take economic action against slavery.

Which piece of evidence from the document best supports the conclusion that abolitionists were using the marketplace to influence slavery?

Which economic action is the advertisement most directly encouraging as a way to oppose slavery?

Which conclusion about the economic system of slavery is best supported by the advertisement’s message?

Explain how this document helps show a connection between Northern consumers and the Southern slave economy. Use at least one detail from the advertisement as evidence.