Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad Questions

Why did Harriet Tubman decide to escape from slavery?

• She wanted to join the Union Army.

• She feared being separated from her family again.

• She was offered a job in the North.

• She was promised freedom by her owner.

What was the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 known for?

• Granting freedom to all enslaved persons in the North.

• Allowing enslaved persons to sue for their freedom.

• Providing harsher punishment for those who helped runaway enslaved persons.

• Preventing slaveholders from pursuing runaway enslaved persons.

Which religious denomination was closely associated with the antislavery movement prior to the Civil War?

• Catholicism

• Anglicanism

• Quakerism

• Mormonism

William Lloyd Garrison referred to Harriet Tubman as 'Moses' because she

• manumitted her own enslaved persons

• wrote a popular abolitionist book

• was born into slavery

• led runaways out of slavery

Why did Underground Railroad conductors, such as Harriet Tubman, have to alter their routes to include Canada after 1850?

• Canada's government guaranteed safe passage for runaway slaves

• Completion of the Erie Canal made it quicker to get to New York City

• Many economic opportunities existed in the new western territories

• The new fugitive slave law increased the risks for escapees

After the Civil War, how did Harriet Tubman continue to demonstrate her conviction to do good for others?

• Raising funds for a home for aged and poor blacks in Auburn, New York

• Writing an inspiring autobiography

• Continuing to help enslaved persons escape from captivity

• Disguising herself to escape from a Confederate prison

The spiritual song 'Let my people go!' most applies to the actions of which individual?

• John Calhoun

• William Lloyd Garrison

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• Harriet Tubman

What role did Harriet Tubman play during the Civil War?

• Confederate nurse

• Union general

• Confederate spy

• Union scout, spy, and nurse

What was the impact of the Compromise of 1850 on the Underground Railroad?

• It guaranteed safe passage for runaway slaves in the North.

• It increased the risks for escapees, altering routes to Canada.

• It made the Erie Canal a popular route for escapees.

• It provided economic opportunities in the western territories.

The provided map most clearly depicts

• the impact of the transportation revolution of the Jacksonian Era

• the limits of westward expansion

• resistance to state and federal legislation

• the decline in cotton cultivation