Harriet Tubman Conductor on the Underground Railroad Vocab

What was Harriet Tubman's role on the Underground Railroad? (What was her job?)

• conductor

• soldier

• stationmaster

• mapmaker

What was the Underground Railroad?

• A group of people that helped slaves escape.

• A train that took slaves to safe places.

• The home where people bought slaves.

• The home where Harriet Tubman grew up.

Harriet Tubman was COURAGEOUS and risked her life to help enslaved people escape. What does COURAGEOUS mean?

• shy

• sick

• quiet

• brave

What might have happened if Harriet Tubman had been caught?

• She would have been given an award.

• She would have been punished.

• She would have been freed.

• She would have been sent to work on the Underground Railroad.

What was Harriet Tubman best known for?

• Writing "Uncle Tom's Cabin"

• Leading the raid on Harpers Ferry

• Helping slaves escape via the Underground Railroad

• Giving speeches against slavery

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DOK Level 1: Recall

In the mid-1800's the specific network of routes and safe houses used by people escaping slavery was known as

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Underground Railroad

• Transcontinental Railroad

• Abolitionist Movement

Harriet Tubman was a ​ (a)   in the ​ (b)   . Tubman would lead ​ (c)   to the ​ (d)   to gain their ​ (e)   .

• conductor

• Underground Railroad

• fugitives

• North

• freedom

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SS4H4

A system of secret escape routes that led enslaved people to free land was known as the

• Westward Expansion

• Underground Railroad

• Corps of Discovery

• Suffrage Movement

After she escaped to freedom in the North, Tubman

• stayed in the North and worked in Philadelphia for the rest of her life.

• returned to the South many times to help other slaves escape.

• was caught and thrown in jail for escaping.

• decided she shouldn’t help other slaves because it was illegal.

Which of the following best describes Harriet Tubman’s childhood?

• She was born free and went to school.

• She was born born free but learned the stories of many slaves.

• She was born a slave and forced to work on a plantation.

• She was born a slave but treated very nicely by the overseers.