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What Was the Underground Railroad (Intro, Ch 1 & 2)

Authored by Donna Nero

English

3rd - 5th Grade

CCSS covered

Used 30+ times

What Was the Underground Railroad (Intro, Ch 1 & 2)
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the Undergrouond Railroad?

an actual railroad with tracks and passenger cars.

a tunnel underground

the escape route African American slaves took to reach freedom.

an abandoned train in the middle of the forest.

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

People who helped escaped slaves on the Underground Railroad were called

doctors.

generals.

teachers.

conductors.

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was inside the big wooden box the two men tossed onto the steamboat?

coal for the steamboat

Henry Brown, a slave

food for parties

hidden jewels

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What would happen to a slave if they were caught using the Underground Railroad?

they would be sent back to their master and severely punished

they would be set free from slavery

they would be sent to the doctor to be observed

they would be sent to Africa

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who were the first slaves brought to America?

Blacks who had been kidnapped from West Africa

Asians who had been kidnapped from China.

Italians who had come to America from Italy.

Black Americans who had been captured in the United States.

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What were slaves used for?

they were messengers for their masters

they trained horses on the farms

they worked in stores in the cities

they were free labor on the plantations throughout the South

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How did owners get their slaves?

slaves applied for jobs by filling out applications

Slaves were bought at auctions.

Slaves were sold at a store.

Owners went to Africa to pick put their own slaves.

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

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