1. HOMEWORK: Finish Review Sheet, Study for Unit test #4
1/12 Day 2- Grab a highlighter, take out GO #6, pg 7, titled Abolitionists
Learning Target: I can explain if the Abolitionists were responsible reformers (agents for change) or irresponsible agitators. (put this on the back of pg7)
HOMEWORK: Finish Review Sheet, Study for Unit test #4

2. Agitators for Change?
Abraham Lincoln- President during the Civil War. Opposed to the EXTENTION OF SLAVERY. Wanted to do whatever was needed to keep the country together.
Uncle Tom’s Cabin- Real life look at the treatment of slaves angered many to demand an end. Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
The Liberator – an abolitionist newspaper demanding an end to slavery immediately. Published by William Lloyd Garrison.

3. Call to End Slavery!
Underground Railroad- A secret route of homes of friendly northerners that led to freedom. Harriet Tubman primary leaders of slaves to freedom .
The North Star- Newspaper written by Fredrick Douglass, a free black man to demand an end to slavery. Named after the star they followed to freedom.
Sojourner Truth- “Ain’t I a woman?” Escaped slave woman who fought to end slavery but also called for women’s rights.

4. Abolitionist Views Station 6 William Lloyd Garrison-
Northerner who wrote the newspaper The Liberator- felt slavery had to be ended thought any means necessary
Harriet Tubman
Slave women who lead the Underground Railroad- route to freedom.
Fredrick Douglass
Escaped slave, writer & speaker who published
The North Star newspaper.
Sojourner Truth
Escaped Slave who became a voice for racial and woman’s equality. Famous speech
“Ain’t I a Woman?”
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin about treatment of slaves, agitated both North & South. Lincoln said caused of Civil war.
Station 6
Abolitionist
Views

5. What may be asked on the Regents Questions…..
Which person's action was most closely associated with the abolitionist movement?
Why was the abolitionist cause successful in the North?
Why did some Northern workers fear the abolitionist movement?
Which of the following literary works supported the abolitionist movement before the Civil War?
William Lloyd Garrison's publication of The Liberator
The North did not use or need slave labor.
Freed slaves might compete for the jobs held by the white workers.
Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin