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Underground Railroad Codes

Authored by Deborah Muldawer

History

6th - 8th Grade

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Underground Railroad Codes
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1.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Match each definition with the best answer.

Fugitives that were Expected

Agent

Fugitive enslaved people transported by Underground Railroad workers

Baggage

Person who demanded an immediate end to slavery

Canaan

Canada

Bundles of Wood

Coordinator who plotted courses of escape and made contacts

Abolitionist

2.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Match each term with the best possible answer.

Enslaved people who did chores like cooking, cleaning, and watching children.

Plantations

Large manors in which slaveowners lived

Field Hand

Large farms where enslaved people worked

House Servant

Enslaved people who picked crops, usually cotton or tobacco

Steal away, steal away, steal away to Jesus.

Used to alert other slaves that an escape attempt was anticipated.

Big House

3.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Match each of the following phrases to the best meaning.

A reminder that moss grows on the north side of dead trees; fugitives would know which way to walk

When the great big river meets the little river.

A reminder that tracking dogs

could not follow the scent of fugitives through the water.

The river bank makes a mighty good road.

The Tombigbee River in Mississippi.

The river ends between two hills.

The Ohio River and its tributaries.

The dead trees will show you the way.

A visual clue for escapees left by an Underground Railroad worker famous for his wooden leg.

Left foot, peg foot.

4.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Match each of the following terms to the best possible answer.

Someone who gave money, clothing, or food to The Underground Railroad

A friend with friends

A warning that bounty hunters were nearby

A friend of a friend sent me

Early spring, a particular time of year good for escaping.

When the sun comes back and the first quail calls.

A password used to signal arrival of fugitives with an Underground Railroad Conductor

The Wind Blows from the South Today

A password used by fugitives traveling alone to indicate they were sent by the Underground Railroad

Stockholder

5.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Match each term to the best possible answer,

Keeper or Owner of a Safe House

Shepherds

People who encouraged enslaved people to escape and escorted them

Promised Land

Ohio River

River Jordan

Canada

Station Master

Place of safety and temporary refuge, a safe house

Station

6.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Match each of the following terms with the best possible answer.

Bounty hunter that was hired to capture runaway enslaved people

Moses

Fugitives that were expected

Preachers

Person who helped freedom seekers as a conductor or agent

Operator

Leaders of and spokespersons for The Underground Railroad

Patty Roller

Harriet Tubman

Parcel

7.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Match the terms listed below with the best possible answer.

Secret Departure

Load of Potatoes

The Underground Railroad

French Leave

Canada, freedom

Heaven

Escaping enslaved people hidden under produce in a wagon

Gospel Train

Place of shelter for fugitives

Jumping off Place

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