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Underground Railroad Vocabulary Quiz

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The act or process of setting someone free from control or slavery.

a)

abolitionist

b)

fugitive

c)

overseer

d)

emancipation

2.

Unreasonable distrust, judgment, or hatred of a particular group, race, or religion.

a)

prejudice

b)

Quaker

c)

secede

d)

spiritual

3.

To withdraw formally from a state or political union.

a)

prejudice

b)

secede

c)

Quaker

d)

decent

4.

Ancestry or line of heritage.

a)

decent

b)

emancipation

c)

fugitive

d)

network

5.

A religious folk song of African-American origin.

a)

compass

b)

descent

c)

spiritual

d)

abolitionist

6.

A member of the Society of Friends, a religious group that rejects violence.

a)

Quaker

b)

overseer

c)

abolitionist

d)

network

7.

Someone who works to eliminate slavery.

a)

fugitive

b)

network

c)

overseer

d)

abolitionist

8.

A complex, interconnected group or system.

a)

network

b)

compass

c)

secede

d)

fugitive

9.

A device used to determine geographic direction.

a)

compass

b)

prejudice

c)

emancipation

d)

secede

10.

A large farm or estate on which crops are grown, especially by workers who live there.

a)

plantation

b)

Quaker

c)

overseer

d)

network

11.

One who watches over and gives direction to the workers.

a)

overseer

b)

fugitive

c)

abolitionist

d)

spiritual

12.

A person who flees from danger or persecution.

a)

fugitive

b)

emancipation

c)

overseer

d)

prejudice