SW Week 22

One of the ways slaves escaped from their owners was through the Underground __________.

• Tunnel

• River

• Railroad

• Cave

True or False- Tennessee was a free state.

• True

• False

"I'd like to see the immediate emancipation of all slaves." What does the word emancipation mean in this sentence?

• becoming an abolitionist

• being released from plantation owners and granted freedom

• a government document that deals with rights

• to keep slaves but pay them a fair wage

What is an abolitionist?

• a person who uses enslaved workers

• a candidate for the Republican Party

• a person who fought in the Civil War

• one who fights against slavery

Which statement best describes the Underground Railroad?

• a network of southerners that were trying to free northern slaves

• the railroad system that was built in the south to move slaves around

• a system of roads, safe houses and helpers used to get slaves safely to freedom

• a subway system that is completely underground

Did the Underground Railroad travel through Tennessee?

• Yes

• No

To what country to the North were the slaves traveling on the Underground Railroad?

• Canada

• Cuba

• Mexico

• Jamaica

Who is credited with saving hundreds of slaves by leading them along the Underground Railroad?

• Frederick Douglas

• Sojourner Truth

• Harriet Tubman

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

What was the newspaper called that William Lloyd Garrison wrote?

• The Liberator

• The Liberty

• The Library

• The Loyalist

In 2020, whose picture did they put on the back of a new $10 bill?

• Harriet Tubman

• Frederick Douglas

• Sojourner Truth

• Harriet Beecher Stowe