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Underground Railroad

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the underground railroad?

a)

A railroad that was underground.

b)

It was apart of the transcontinental railroad.

c)

An organized network of people working together to help enslaved people get freedom.

d)

When enslaved people worked underground on a railroad.

2.

Where were enslaved people running to?

a)

The North

b)

Spain

c)

Mexico

d)

Texas

3.

How did enslaved people know where to go throughout the night?

a)

They had a GPS.

b)

They were told to follow the North Star.

c)

They knew how many steps to walk.

d)

They would follow the clouds.

4.

People who helped enslaved people along the way in the underground railroad were called...

a)

Conductors

b)

Operators

c)

Passangers

d)

Cabooses

5.

How did Henry escape to freedom?

a)

Harriet Tubman helped him get there.

b)

He bought his freedom.

c)

His wife and kids took him to freedom.

d)

He mailed himself up North.

6.

True or False: Life was easy when once enslaved people escaped to the North

a)

True

b)

False

7.

About how many people escaped to freedom?

a)

10-100

b)

1,000,000

c)

40,000-100,000

d)

10,0000

8.

What is an abolitionist?

a)

Children born into slavery

b)

People who thought slavery was wrong.

c)

People who sold others into slavery

d)

People who drove wagons on the plantation

9.

One of the most famous conductors of the Underground Railroad....

a)

Mary Lincoln

b)

Sally Lucille Brown

c)

Harriet Tubman

d)

Samantha Willett

10.

Which area of the United States got the most Underground railroad activity?

a)

West

b)

Southeast

c)

Northeast

d)

SOuth