WorksheetsUnderground Railroad
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Which word indicates that travel on the Underground Railroad was done in secret?
Conductor
Underground
Railroad
Abolition
Which state was the most likely destination for a passenger on the Underground Railroad?
New York
Georgia
Mississippi
Virginia
How did life differ in the North for people who had escaped slavery?
Racism was rare
There were fewer European Americans
African Americans had equal rights
Slavery was illegal
Which group opposed abolitionists?
Quakers
Slave Owners
African Americans in the North
Fugitives from Slavery
Frederick Douglass and Sojourner Truth were both:
Born in the North
White Abolitionists
Former Slaves
Supporters of the Fugitive Slave Law
What does the story of Henry "Box" Brown demonstrate about the majority of passengers on the Underground Railroad?
They avoided by traveling by foot
They traveled alone
They settled in Philadelphia
They took great risks to reach freedom
As a conductor on the Underground Railroad, Harriet Tubman:
Guided passengers from station to station
Wrote essays against slavery
Gave speecges about her experience as a slave
Defended passengers in court
How did William Still contribute to our knowledge of the Underground Railroad?
He founded an abolitionist newspaper
He kept records of passengers he help rescue
He interviewed former slave owners after the Civil War
He published a biography of Harriet Tubman
The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 was passed in response to:
Harsh treatment of enslaved people by law enforcement
Pro-slavery juries in Northern Courts
Northern laws that protected enslaved people
The abolition of slavery by the federal government
The Underground Railroad _____ the Civil War.
Continued until
Started after
Helped end
Was the main cause of
