Week 26: Abolition Test

Who were "passengers" on the Underground Railroad?

• freedom-seeking enslaved people

• Quakers

• slave owners

• people from the North

What would happen if an enslaved person got caught running away?

• imprisonment

• severe punishment or death

• losing all their possessions

• being sold to another plantation

What was one reason an enslaved person was asked to change their name once they escaped?

• to honor their parents

• to get a new passport

• to confuse slave hunters who might be looking for them

• to protect the Underground Railroad

What was the code name on the Underground Railroad for the guide who helped the runaway enslaved people navigate their way to freedom?

• station master

• agent

• conductor

• passenger

Why was Harriet Tubman called "Moses"?

• It was a code from the railroad.

• It was family name.

• It was a disguise name.

• It was for leading people to freedom.

Uncle Tom was the main character in the book "Uncle Tom's Cabin." He was _________.

• an abolitionist

• a free man

• an enslaved man

• a slave owner

Whose records helped us to learn more about the secret Underground Railroad?

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• William Lloyd Garrison

• William Still

• Harriet Tubman

What is abolition?

• people being forced to work for others

• people escaping from slavery

• ending slavery

• sending enslaved people back to their native homes

What did the Railroad Code Word "promised land" mean?

• Canada

• Big Dipper

• the Underground Railroad

• safehouse

What city became home to the abolitionist movement?

• Charleston

• New York City

• Atlanta

• Philadelphia