The Underground Railroad

For how many decades did the Underground Railroad operate before the American Civil War?

• More than three decades

• More than four decades

• More than five decades

• More than six decades

What was the purpose of the Underground Railroad?

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  To transport goods secretly between Northern states

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  To provide public transportation in the Northern states

• To help escaped enslaved people reach places of safety in the North and in Canada

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  To conduct secret military operations

Which term was used to describe the people who helped the enslaved along the way in the Underground Railroad?

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  Conductors

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  Pilots

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  Engineers

• 
  Captains

Which of the following states had the heaviest activities of the Underground Railroad?

• Maine and Nebraska

• Pennsylvania and Ohio

• Texas and Louisiana

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  New York and Florida

Who were the most active in helping enslaved people escape via the Underground Railroad?

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  Southern plantation owners

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  Northern industrialists

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  Northern abolitionists and antislavery groups

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  European immigrants

What happened to the Underground Railroad when the Civil War started in 1861?

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  It expanded its operations

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  It became a legitimate railway company

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  It was recognized by the government

• Its activities ceased

Who was one of the formerly enslaved people active in the Underground Railroad system?

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  Frederick Douglass

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  Sojourner Truth

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  Harriet Tubman

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  Booker T. Washington

What is the estimated range of the number of enslaved people who reached freedom via the Underground Railroad?

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  Between 40,000 and 100,000

• 
  Between 10,000 and 50,000

• Between 60,000 and 120,000

• Between 20,000 and 70,000