Ryan: SS Chap 8 - The Underground Railroad

An _______ is someone who believed that slavery should end.

• abolitionist

• supporter

• oppressor

• colonist

Safe places on the Underground Railroad were called _______.

• stations

• trains

• routes

• conductors

When many New Jerseyans objected to slavery, _______ were passed to end slavery.

• laws

• books

• meetings

• debates

The Underground Railroad was not a railroad at all. It was a way to help enslaved people _______ freedom.

• escape to

• fight

• run away from

• fall to

Sarah and Angelina Grimke were against slavery, even though their _______ was a slave owner.

• father

• brother

• uncle

• cousin

New Jersey was important to the Underground Railroad because of its location near two slave states, _______ and _______.

• Delaware, Maryland

• Virginia, North Carolina

• Kentucky, Tennessee

• Georgia, South Carolina

Boats marked with yellow and blue lights, would carry escaped slaves across the _______ River.

• Delaware

• Mississippi

• Ohio

• Hudson

Harriet Tubman held a job as a hotel worker to help support her work on the _______.

• Underground Railroad

• Transcontinental Railroad

• Erie Canal

• Pony Express

Harriet Tubman is the most notable _______ on the Underground Railroad.

• conductor

• passenger

• engineer

• operator

New Jersey, along with many other northern states, was part of the _______.

• Union

• Confederacy

• British Empire

• French Colony