8
AssignmentMultiple Choice

Changing Abolitionism

Question 8 • (MACS) 2021 NY-US History CR Summer Quarter 1

The increased activity of the Underground Railroad in the 1850s suggests that

Answer
A
Southern states were becoming more lenient toward people who escaped enslavement.
B
fewer enslaved people were running away.
C
there was growing willingness in the North to aid fugitives seeking freedom.