Chapter 9: "A New Birth of Freedom" Review

What was the name given for people who lead slaves to freedom?

• conductor
• passenger
• station

What does the word secede mean?

• to win a battle
• synonym for war
• Confederacy
• to break away

Name the law that punished those helping fugitive slave escape.

• 15 Amendment
• Fugitive Slave Act
• false
• Underground RR

Fugitive slaves escaped to Canada.

• true
• false

Many people in the North agreed with the Fugitive Slave Act.

• true
• false

The code word "passenger" meant:

• conductor
• slave
• house

This was a secret system of routes to freedom.

• The Civil War
• The Abolitionist
• The Underground Railroad

What was life like for a Civil War soldier?

• They got injured, sick, and even died.
• It was pretty easy.
• No different than regular life.

Who won the Battle of Gettysburg?

• The Confederacy (or South)
• The Union (or North)
• The Eastern Forces

Why was the Battle of Gettysburg important?

• It wasn't really that important.
• It helped the South win the Civil War.
• It helped the North realize they could win the Civil War.