Checkpoint 1 Reteach

What is the main idea of this passage?

• A. Many people were afraid to use the Underground Railroad.

• B. The Underground Railroad helped escaped slaves find freedom.

• C. Important people wrote about the Underground Railroad.

• D. The Underground Railroad taught free slaves important skills.

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

Which sentence from the passage best supports the answer to Part A?

• A. “Slaves did not go to school, and many did not learn to read or write.” (paragraph 2)

• B. “In the 19th century, many slaves sought their freedom by traveling on the Underground

  Railroad.” (paragraph 3)

• C. “During the day, freedom seekers hid in tall grasses and in marshes.” (paragraph 4)

• D. “Two of the most powerful speakers and writers were Frederick Douglass and William

  Wells Brown.” (paragraph 7)

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

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CCSS.RL.5.2

Which inference can you draw about the Underground Railroad from the passage?

• A. People died while traveling on the Underground Railroad.

• B. The Underground Railroad had stations only in the south.

• C. People in the north did not have to keep secret about the Underground Railroad.

• D. The Underground Railroad was once an actual railroad with real trains.

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

Which sentence from the passage best supports the answer to Part A?

• A. “Conductors on the Underground Railroad were guides for runaway slaves seeking

  freedom.” (paragraph 1)

• B. “The route began in the south, where many slaves lived on large farms or plantations.”

  (paragraph 3)

• C. “They risked their own lives to escape slavery or to help others escape.” (paragraph 6)

• D. “Slaves who made it to freedom could support the Underground Railroad by telling their

  story.” (paragraph 7)

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

How was the Underground Railroad a solution to a problem? Support your answer with at

least two details of textual evidence.

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5