William Lloyd Garrison Video Clip

• Why was Garrison’s time in Baltimore so important to his evolving views on slavery?
• What strategy did Garrison use to confront slavery?
• Why did Garrison and Arthur Tappan choose to mail so many and so many different kinds of antislavery material to the South?
• How did the South react to Garrison’s efforts?

Frederick Douglas Video Clip

• Why was Frederick Douglass such an effective leader of the abolitionist movement?
• Why was George Latimer’s capture in Boston so important to the abolitionist cause
• Southerners claimed that abolitionist victories were creating a “wedge” in the Union. What did that mean, and were they correct?

Angelina Grimke Video Clip

• Why did Angelina Grimké feel it was her “duty” to oppose slavery?
• What was the connection that Angelina Grimké saw between society’s treatment of slaves and of women?
• What did Angelina Grimké see as the role of the church in the debate over slavery?

Mexican American War Clip

• Why did many abolitionist oppose the Mexican American War?
• How did the North view the Great Compromise?
• What does the Mexican American War mean for African Americans?

Harriet Beecher Stowe Clip

• What dilemma did Stowe face when she first witnessed slavery in Kentucky?
• What dilemma did Stowe face in 1851?
• Why do you think the book was written by Anonymous?
• What audience did Uncle Tom's Cabin seek to reach and what accounts for its impact upon that audience?

Slave Economy Clip

• How many slaves were there in the United States?
• What inventions made slaves in even more demand?
• Why were the slaves so important?
• How were slaves feeling about their situation?