Life of Harriet Tubman

Harriet Tubman was born in the ___ in the Eastern Shore of Maryland.

• 1790s

• 1800s

• 1810s

• 1820s

Harriet's name at birth was ___.

• Aretha

• Araminta

• Amelia

• Annabelle

Harriet feared for the safety of her sisters, who were sold to cotton plantations in the deep ___.

• North

• West

• East

• South

Quakers were ___ abolitionists who helped slaves escape.

• Jewish

• Christian

• Muslim

• Baptist

For Harriet Tubman, the Underground Railroad was a network of roads used by slaves to escape from Eastern Shore in Maryland to ___.

• Baltimore

• Washington, DC

• Philadelphia

• Toronto

The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 required people in the North to ___.

• help runaway slaves

• return runaway slaves to the South

• help runaway slaves escape to Canada

• provide food and resources for runaway slaves

A Supreme Court case of 1857 ____.

• denied African Americans civil rights

• extended civil rights to African Americans

• gave African Americans the right to vote

• made former slaves into US citizens

Because of the Fugitive Slave Act, Harriet guided her parents all the way to ___.

• Philadelphia

• Canada

• Baltimore

• New York City

John Brown was a revolutionary who wanted slaves to rise up and destroy slavery. Unlike Frederick Douglass, Harriet ___ Brown.

• supported

• did not support

At the start of the Civil War, Harriet was asked to work as a ___ who would provide information about the location of Confederate armies.

• nurse

• spy

• railroad conductor

• social worker