The Underground Railroad and Resistance to Slavery

What was the Underground Railroad?

• A network of abolitionists who aided freedom seekers

• A system of slave labor based on race

• A rebellion led by Nat Turner

• A school for free Black people and enslaved people

Who is one of the most famous 'conductors' on the Underground Railroad?

• Harriet Tubman

• Nat Turner

• Frederick Douglass

• John Berry Meachum

What was the status of enslaved people according to the Supreme Court decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford?

• Human beings

• Indentured servants

• Property

• Fugitives

What did enslaved people do to resist slavery in their daily lives?

• Sabotage crops and machinery

• Fake illness

• Slowly poison their enslaver's food

• All of the above

How did enslaved people preserve a sense of community and support?

• By developing strong family-like bonds

• By organizing rebellions

• By establishing schools

• By practicing their African traditions

What did John Berry Meachum do after purchasing his own freedom?

• Established the first African American church

• Established a school for free Black people and enslaved people

• Organized a rebellion

• Published an abolitionist newspaper

What was the effect of Nat Turner's rebellion?

• Slaveholding Southern states enforced stricter slave codes

• Northern abolitionists intensified their efforts to end slavery

• Both A and B

• None of the above

When was the American Anti-Slavery Society founded?

• 1619

• 1789

• 1830

• 1817

Who published an abolitionist newspaper called The Liberator?

• Nat Turner

• Frederick Douglass

• John Berry Meachum

• William Lloyd Garrison

How did Frederick Douglass self-emancipate from bondage?

• By disguising himself as a sailor

• By organizing a rebellion

• By purchasing his freedom

• By escaping to Canada