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WorksheetsUnderground Railroad
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
What was the underground railroad?
A railroad that was underground.
It was apart of the transcontinental railroad.
An organized network of people working together to help enslaved people get freedom.
When enslaved people worked underground on a railroad.
Where were enslaved people running to?
The North
Spain
Mexico
Texas
How did enslaved people know where to go throughout the night?
They had a GPS.
They were told to follow the North Star.
They knew how many steps to walk.
They would follow the clouds.
People who helped enslaved people along the way in the underground railroad were called...
Conductors
Operators
Passangers
Cabooses
How did Henry escape to freedom?
Harriet Tubman helped him get there.
He bought his freedom.
His wife and kids took him to freedom.
He mailed himself up North.
True or False: Life was easy when once enslaved people escaped to the North
True
False
About how many people escaped to freedom?
10-100
1,000,000
40,000-100,000
10,0000
What is an abolitionist?
Children born into slavery
People who thought slavery was wrong.
People who sold others into slavery
People who drove wagons on the plantation
One of the most famous conductors of the Underground Railroad....
Mary Lincoln
Sally Lucille Brown
Harriet Tubman
Samantha Willett
Which area of the United States got the most Underground railroad activity?
West
Southeast
Northeast
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