Underground Railroad Quiz

What did the First Fugitive Slave Law enacted make illegal?

• Helping those escaping slavery

• Trading with those escaping slavery

• Employing those escaping slavery

• Speaking to those escaping slavery

What was the goal of the Underground Railroad?

• To always have a safe house within a two days' walk

• To always have a safe house within a week's walk

• To always have a safe house within a day's walk

• To always have a safe house within a three days' walk

Harriet Tubman is most famous for what role on the Underground Railroad (U.R.)?

• Conductor

• Station Master

• President

• Planner

Levi Coffin was known as what in relation to the Underground Railroad?

• The "Conductor of the Underground Railroad"

• The "Station Master of the Underground Railroad"

• The "President of the Underground Railroad"

• The "Planner of the Underground Railroad"

What was William Still's role in the Underground Railroad?

• Planner

• Conductor

• President

• Station Master

Lucretia Coffin Mott was known as a __________ teacher and women’s rights advocate.

• Mathematics

• Science

• Abolitionist

• Music

William Whipper was the founder of the American __________ Society.

• Philosophical

• Historical

• Antiquarian

• Anti-Slavery

Robert Purvis helped slaves pass safely through Philadelphia by founding the Philadelphia __________ Committee.

• Vigilance

• Education

• Welfare

• Historical

Stephen Myers is considered the most __________ and best run section of the UR in __________.

• Efficient; New York

• Organized; Pennsylvania

• Secure; Ohio

• Innovative; Maryland

Frederick Douglass escaped slavery in __________.

• 1835

• 1838

• 1841

• 1845