3.10 Abolition of Slavery – 🍁The Canadian Experience

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#1. When did the British Parliament abolish slavery throughout the British Empire?

1830

1933

1833

1930

#2. Who was the first Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada?

Joseph Brant

Mary Ann Shadd Cary

Sir Guy Carleton

John Graves Simcoe

#3. Who was John Graves Simcoe?

The first Canadian to win the Nobel Prize

A Loyalist military officer and Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada when Upper Canada became the first province in the British Empire to move towards ending slavery

Commander of the British forces that won the battle of the Plains of Abraham

An American Revolutionary who fought against the Loyalists

#4. Who was the Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada during the province’s move towards abolition of slavery?

Sir Guy Carleton

Joseph Brant

Mary Ann Shadd Cary

John Graves Simcoe

#5. Who founded the City of York?

Joseph Brant

John Graves Simcoe

Mary Ann Shadd Cary

Sir Guy Carleton

#6. Mary Ann Shadd Cary was an outspoken activist in the movement to abolish slavery in the USA.

False

True

#7. When did Upper Canada become the first province in British Canada to move towards abolition of slavery?

1893

1895

1795

1793

#8. What was the Underground Railroad?

An secret underground railway network that helped slaves escape from the US

A Christian anti-slavery network that helped thousands of slaves escape from the US and settle in Canada

An underground railway network that helped loyalists smuggle gold from the US into Canada

The first railway network to link Western Canada to the rest of the country

#9. What guided thousands of slaves in their escape from the US to Canada?

Cold Arctic winds

Maps made by Aboriginals

The North Star

Footsteps in the snow

#10. Who was the first woman publisher in Canada?

Agnes Macphail

Dr. Emily Stowe

Mary Ann Shadd Cary

Therese Casgrain

#11. Who was Mary Ann Shadd Cary? (Select all that apply)

Select all that apply:

An outspoken anti-slavery activist

The first woman MP in Canada

The first woman publisher in Canada

Founder of The Provincial Freeman weekly newspaper

#12. When did the first movement to abolish the transatlantic slave trade emerge?

Late 1600s

Late 1700s

Late 1800s

Late 1900s

#13. When did the British Parliament prohibit the buying and selling of slaves?

1817

1717

1707

1807

#14. What was the weekly newspaper, Provincial Freeman, dedicated to?

Select all that apply:

Upholding British Rule

Anti-slavery

Urging people to drink less alcohol

Black immigration to Canada,

#15. Who founded the weekly newspaper, The Provincial Freeman?

John Graves Simcoe

Sir Guy Carleton

Mary Ann Shadd Cary

Chief Tecumseh

#16. Which province was the first in the British Empire to move towards abolition of slavery?

Atlantic Canada

Upper Canada

Pacific Canada

Lower Canada

#17. When was The Provincial Freeman founded?

1953

1850

1950

1853

#18. The City of York, founded by Lieutenant Colonel John Graves Simcoe, is present-day:

Montreal

Quebec City

Toronto

Halifax

#19. Where did the first movement to abolish transatlantic slave trade emerge?

The British Parliament

The American Parliament

The UN

The French Parliament

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