The Underground Railroad and Civil War

What is a conductor?

• A safe place to stop

• Another name for a slave

• A secret route

• An abolitionist

What is a line?

• A safe place to stop

• Another name for a slave

• A secret route

• An abolitionist

What is a station?

• A safe place to stop

• Another name for a slave

• A secret route

• An abolitionist

What is cargo?

• A safe place to stop

• Another name for a slave

• A secret route

• An abolitionist

Who is one of the most well-known abolitionists who escaped slavery themselves when they were young?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• Levi Coffin

• Harriet Tubman

Who would NOT be considered an abolitionist?

• Robert E. Lee

• Levi Coffin

• John Rankin

• Harriet Tubman

True or False: Uncle Tom's Cabin was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe and was about how slavery benefitted America.

• True

• False

What did the Fugitive Slave Act do?

• It allowed slavery in the north

• It outlawed slavery in the south

• It made it illegal to help escaped slaves

• It made the south rejoin the Union

The Civil War was fought because the North and the South had different opinions about ____________________.

• land

• power

• money

• slavery

Which of the following statements is true?

• The North's advantage during the Civil War was that they had more land and the South's advantage was that they had more money.

• The North's advantage during the Civil War was that they had more money and the South's advantage was that they had more states.

• The North's advantage during the Civil War was that they had more money and the South's advantage was that they did not have to travel far.

• The North's advantage during the Civil War was that they did not have to travel far and the South's advantage was that they had more money.