Harriet Tubman

Harriet Tubman would alert other slaves of her arrival by all except

• making an owl sound

• singing a spiritual,'Go Down Moses'

• making a whippoolwill call

• Throwning rocks at the window

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.W.6.9A

Where did Tubman settle in Canada

• Montreal
• Quebec
• Glendora
• St. Catherine

Only African Americans helped slaves to escape

• True
• False
• Maybe

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CCSS.W.6.1B

CCSS.W.6.9A

Why was traveling to Canada so difficult?

• They could only travel at night
• The weather was very cold
• They lacked food
• all of the above

What happened to make the trek to the North more dangerous during the Underground Railroad

• The 14th Amendment

• The Fugitive Slave Act

• The Ripley Act of Slave

• Philadelphia Boston Amendment to the federal constitution

All helped Harriet Tubman on the Underground Railroad except

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• Frederick Douglass

• Thomas Garrett

• William Still

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CCSS.RI.6.1

What happened to Harriet when she was thirteen that gave her dizzy spells the rest of her life? 
 

• She fell down some stairs and hit her head
• She was kicked in the head by a horse
• A slave owner hit her in the head with an iron weight
• She got the flu and nearly died

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CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.1.1

During what major war did Harriet Tubman work as a spy? 

• World War I
• Spanish-American War
• American Civil War
• Mexican-American War

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

What were people who helped slaves travel the Underground Railroad called?

a.

b.

c.

d. Sherpas

e. C

• Engineers

• Managers

• Trail guides

• Conductors

Why did Slaves wait to escape on late Saturday or early Sunday?

• To get a head start, printing and plantations were closed on Sundays

• To pray before leaving

• So they could rest Monday through Friday

• To make sure people would get to inform people in the North