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Underground Railroad BrainPOP

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

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Class
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1.

Which word indicates that travel on the Underground Railroad was done in secret?

a)

Conductor

b)

Underground

c)

Railroad

d)

Abolition

2.

What did 'stations' refer to on the Underground Railroad?

a)

areas enslaved people waited for trains

b)

people who helped runaways

c)

homes and other places runaways would hide

d)

the belongings runaways had with them

3.

How did life differ in the North for people who had escaped slavery?

a)

Racism was rare

b)

There were fewer white people

c)

African Americans had equal rights

d)

slavery was illegal

4.

Which group opposed abolitionists?

a)

Quakers

b)

Slave owners

c)

African-American northerners

d)

Fugitives from slavery

5.

As a conductor on the Underground Railroad, Harriet Tubman:

a)

Guided passengers from station to station

b)

Wrote essays against slavery

c)

Gave speeches about her experience in slavery

d)

Defended passengers in court

6.

The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 was passed in response to:

a)

Harsh treatment of enslaved people by law enforcement

b)

Pro-slavery juries in Northern courts

c)

Northern laws that protected enslaved people

d)

The abolition of slavery by the federal government

7.

What does the word 'abolitionists' mean?

a)

people committed to slavery

b)

people committed to ending slavery

c)

people who captured runaways and returned them

d)

only people who were enslaved

8.

Where did underground railroad paths lead? (Mark ALL that apply)

a)

Mexico

b)

Northern States

c)

Canada

d)

Southern States

9.

True or False: You could be thrown into jail for helping runaway slaves.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

How did William Still contribute to our knowledge of the Underground Railroad?

a)

He founded an abolitionist newspaper

b)

He kept records of passengers he helped rescue

c)

He interviewed former slave owners after the Civil War

d)

He published a biography of Harriet Tubman