BPQ: Underground Railroad

Which word indicates that travel on the Underground Railroad was done in secret?

• conductor

• underground

• railroad

• abolition

Which state was the most likely destination for a passenger on the Underground Railroad?

• New York

• Georgia

• Mississippi

• Virginia

How did life differ in the North for people who had escaped slavery?

• Racism was rare.

• There were fewer white people.

• African Americans had equal rights.

• Slavery was illegal.

Which group opposed abolitionists?

• Quakers

• Slave owners

• African-American northerners

• Fugitives from slavery

Frederick Douglass and Sojourner Truth were both:

• born in the North

• white abolitionists

• formerly enslaved

• supporters of the Fugitive Slave Law

What does the story of Henry "Box" Brown demonstrate about the majority of passengers on the Underground Railroad?

• They avoided traveling by foot.

• They traveled alone.

• They settled in Philadelphia.

• They took great risks to reach freedom.

As a conductor on the Underground Railroad, Harriet Tubman...

• guided passengers from station to station.

• wrote essays against slavery.

• gave speeches about her experience in slavery.

• defended passengers in court.

How did William Still contribute to our knowledge of the Underground Railroad?

• He founded an abolitionist newspaper.

• He kept records of passengers he helped rescue.

• He interviewed former slave owners after the Civil War.

• He published a biography of Harriet Tubman.

The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 was passed in response to:

• harsh treatment of enslaved people by law enforcement

• pro-slavery juries in Northern courts

• northern laws that protected enslaved people

• the abolition of slavery by the federal government

The Underground Railroad _____ the Civil War.

• continued until

• started after

• helped end

• was the main cause of