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WorksheetsUnderground Railroad
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 16mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Was the Underground Railroad actually underground?
a)
No, it was only called that because they had to keep secret.
b)
No, it ran on tracks above ground from south to north.
c)
Yes, the railroad was totally underground.
d)
Yes, and it ran for miles on end!
2.
People who helped slaves, took the chance of being arrested and jailed if they were caught.
a)
True
b)
False
3.
What was the Underground Railroad?
a)
A place where slaves were sold
b)
It was a railroad that was underground and carried slaves to freedom.
c)
A network slaves used to get to freedom.
d)
A smooth form of transportation.
4.
Who was Harriet Tubman?
a)
She led many slaves to the Underground Railroad.
b)
She started the Underground Railroad.
c)
She died being a slave in 1913.
d)
A woman born in Africa.
5.
The main goal of the Underground Railroad was to escape to:
a)
Ohio
b)
Canada
c)
The Northwest Territories
d)
New York
6.
Whose economy depended on slave labor?
a)
neither the North or the South
b)
North
c)
both the North and the South
d)
South
7.
Why was the Underground Railroad important?
a)
It carried many products from the North to the South.
b)
It led to the end of slavery.
c)
It was the route used by slaves escaping from the South
d)
It carried settlers west.
8.
People who campaigned to end slavery were called ____.
a)
conformists
b)
rebels
c)
abolitionists
d)
yankees
9.
Why was Ohio unsafe for escaped slaves in the 1850s?
a)
The Fugitive Slave Act required escaped slaves to be returned to their masters.
b)
Ohio was too close to Canada where slavery was legal.
c)
There were no safe houses in Ohio that were part of the Underground Railroad.
d)
Slavery was still legal in some parts of Ohio under the Northwest Ordinance.
10.
The runaways had to reach Canada to be free because of the
a)
Fugitive Slave Law
b)
Society of Friends
c)
Middle Passage
d)
Philadelphia Vigilance Comittee
11.
Why was Ohio an important part of the Underground Railroad?
a)
It was a slave state
b)
It was a free state that bordered the Ohio River
c)
It was in a book I read.
d)
It was a part of the Monopoly game!
12.
Frederick Douglass was a slave.
a)
True
b)
False
13.
The North Star was a _________.
a)
book
b)
magazine
c)
newspaper
d)
journal
14.
The term, abolitionist means...
a)
To aid slaveholders in capturing slaves.
b)
To aid the end of slavery in the U.S. and create rights for former slaves.
c)
To aid slavecatchers.
d)
To aid how people should be treated better in the North.
15.
What was the economy of the South based on?
a)
Agriculture
b)
Mining
c)
Industry
d)
Warfare
16.
What were slaves legally considered?
a)
People
b)
Property
c)
Citizens
d)
Children
17.
Why was slavery generally supported by southerners?
a)
All southerners owned slaves
b)
They knew someday they would be slaveowners
c)
Slavery was an important part of their economy
d)
They would be executed for disagreeing
18.
How did cotton relate to slavery?
a)
The desire to grow more cotton led to increased slavery
b)
It did not relate to slavery
c)
All slaves were required to grow cotton
d)
Cotton was traded for slaves in Africa
19.
Who were Harriet's first passengers on the Underground Railroad?
a)
her brothers and sisters
b)
her youngest brother
c)
her sister and children
d)
her son
20.
At night, fugitives were often guided by what?
a)
animal sounds
b)
North Star
c)
a map of safe houses
21.
Most white people in the South owned slaves.
a)
True
b)
False
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