Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad

Slave owners most likely wanted to capture Harriet Tubman because she

• led enslaved people to freedom

• fought against the Fugitive Slave Law

• sang forbidden spirituals to enslaved people

• worked hard and they wanted her as a worker

What detail does the author include to characterize Tubman as courageous?

• The runaways stayed with her when she slept.

• She planned the trips to begin on Sundays.

• She led runaways knowing she faced being hanged.

• A man refused to accept her and the runaways.

Tubman told the runaways about Thomas Garrett and his shoes to

• scare the runaways into joining her escaping

• remember the joyful stories for a long time

• give the runaways hope of reaching freedom

• brag about the pair of shoes she received, even though she knew the runaways would not receive shoes.

Why did Tubman threaten to shoot one of the eleven runaways?

• She wanted to scare the other runaways

• He threatened to return to the plantation

• One person wrote down the runaways' stories

• He thought he could lead the way better than she

Why did Tubman enjoy living in Canada?

• Many of her friends lived in her community with her.

• She enjoyed more freedom there than in the United States.

• People living in Canada had a lot of money and little difficulty finding work.

• The weather was different from the weather she knew in Maryland.

What does disheveled mean?

• mistreated

• annoyed

• messy

• fail

To linger means to

• exhibit confidence

• establish trust

• speak softer

• stay longer

How did the rumored Moses differ from the actual conductor of the Underground Railroad?

• Moses was rumored to be a man, but Harriet Tubman was a woman.

• Moses was rumored to give whippoorwill calls as signals, but Tubman sang spirituals.

• The rumored Moses traveled only by night, but Tubman led the runaways by day.

• The rumored Moses followed the North Star, but Tubman used her memory to lead the way.

What effect did the Fugitive Slave Law have on enslaved people?

• Owners could no longer reclaim people who escaped slavery.

• The law made the sale of enslaved people more profitable.

• Runaways could be returned to the South if found in the North.

• Enslaved people were required to do more.

The fact that one house on the Underground Railroad refused to help the runaways shows that

• many people refused to help enslaved people

• few people knew about Tubman in the North

• life was difficult for enslaved people in the South

• freeing enslaved people was a dangerous activity