Slavery/Civil War Lead Up

The slaves and slave owners called Harriet Tubman "Moses" because

• They thought she was a man.
• They thought she was a God-like figure.
• She was like Moses in the bible, leading the Egyptian slaves to freedom.
• They thought she was from Egypt

Only African Americans helped slaves to escape

• True
• False
• Maybe

Was the Underground Railroad actually underground?

• No, it was only called that because they had to keep secret.
• No, it ran on tracks above ground from south to north.
• Yes, the railroad was totally underground.
• Yes, and it ran for miles on end!

What was the Underground Railroad?

• A place where slaves were sold
• A real railroad that was underground and carried slaves to freedom.

• A network slaves used to get to freedom, but not a real railroad

• A smooth form of transportation.

People who campaigned to end slavery were called ____.

• conformists
• rebels
• abolitionists
• yankees

Most white people in the South owned slaves.

• True
• False

Once slaves arrived in the Americas they were

• sent to loving families

• allowed to take a vacation

• thrown off the slave ships

• sold at auctions

Who led the most violent slave revolt in American history after he saw what he thought was a vision?

• Frederick Douglass

• Nat Turner

• Eli Whitney

• Samuel Slater

War between people of the same country

• secede
• state's rights
• civil war
• slavery

This caused widespread fear in the South about the future of slavery

• the election of Jefferson Davis
• High tariffs
• the election of Abraham Lincoln
• the death of Stonewall Jackson