Underground Railroad - Part 1

In American colonies, slaves were

• separated from their families.

• sold at slave markets.

• considered property.

• treated cruelly by their owners.

Was the Underground Railroad literally a railroad that was underground?

• No

• Yes

The Underground Railroad was...

• a network of secret routes and safe houses to help enslaved people make it to the North.

• an abandoned railroad track used to help enslaved people reach freedom in the North.

• a network of underground tunnels that helped enslaved people make it to the North.

• a train that would take enslaved people to the North.

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

• Conductor

• Underground

• Railroad

• Abolition

It was __________ for slaves to escape to the North.

• dangerous

• easy

• safe

• impossible

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

• New York

• Georgia

• Mississippi

• Virginia

Which group opposed abolitionists?

• Quakers

• Slave owners

• African-American northerners

• Fugitives from slavery

Frederick Douglass and Sojourner Truth both ...

• escaped slavery.

• spent their entire lives as slaves.

• spoke passionately against slavery.

• supported the Fugitive Slave Law

The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 said that...

• enslaved people should be freed.

• people should help slaves get to the North.

• people who sheltered or helped slaves could be imprisoned.

• southerners could no longer own slaves.

Harriet Tubman ...

• was born a slave.

• escaped to Pennsylvania at 29.

• rescued slaves.

• was a conductor of the Underground Railroad.