
Underground Railroad Challenges and History
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History, Social Studies
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6th - 12th Grade
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Hard

Olivia Brooks
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the primary purpose of the Underground Railroad?
To transport goods between states
To help enslaved African Americans escape to freedom
To build a network of railways in the South
To provide education to enslaved people
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which religious group is believed to have been among the first to aid enslaved African Americans?
Puritans
Catholics
Baptists
Quakers
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was a major challenge for those escaping from the deep South?
Lack of food and water
Greater distance to free soil
Unfamiliarity with the terrain
Lack of support from abolitionists
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the Fugitive Slave Act, part of the Compromise of 1850?
A law that allowed slave catchers to capture escaped slaves in free states
A law that freed all enslaved people
A law that provided financial aid to escaped slaves
A law that banned slavery in the southern states
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the role of 'conductors' on the Underground Railroad?
To provide food and shelter
To capture escaped slaves
To guide escaping enslaved people to freedom
To build railway tracks
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who was the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad?
Frederick Douglass
Sojourner Truth
Harriet Tubman
William Lloyd Garrison
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why did the routes of the Underground Railroad zigzag?
To cover more ground
To confuse pursuers
To visit more safe houses
To avoid natural obstacles
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