Underground Railroad

What does the term 'conductors' refer to in the context of the passage?

• People who helped others escape slavery

• People who conducted trains

• People who played music

• People who built railroads

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In the context of the Underground Railroad, what do the 'stations' refer to?

• Restaurants along the way

• Hotels for travelers

• Stops where enslaved people were hidden

• Train stations for transportation

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How did people escaping slavery navigate to freedom?

• By following the North Star during the day

• By traveling only during the day

• By following the South Star at night

• By traveling only by night and following the North Star

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What was the Underground Railroad?

• A system of men and women who helped enslaved people escape from the southern United States to freedom in the northern U.S.

• A network of underground tunnels used by enslaved people to escape to the north

• A secret society that supported slavery in the southern United States

• A system of laws that enforced slavery in the northern U.S.

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According to the text, what helped show Black men and women the way from the slavery of the southern U.S. to freedom in the northern U.S.?

• U.S. Civil War

• the Underground Railroad

• the Union army

• the gravestone of Harriet Tubman

What does the author describe in the text?

• where famous Underground Railroad stations were located

• how slavery started in the United States

• what U.S. railroads were underground before the Civil War

• how the Underground Railroad functioned

Based on the text, how could the Underground Railroad best be described?

• dangerous and difficult

• easy and short

• cold and relaxing

• long and wrong

What is this text mostly about?

• how railroads helped the North defeat the South in the U.S. Civil War

• a well-known legend about Harriet Tubman

• a system that helped enslaved Black people escape to the North

• laws that made it difficult for enslaved Black people to escape to the North