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Studies Weekly Week 22

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Harriet Tubman

a)

a former slave who learned to read and write and used his knowledge to try to free other slaves

b)

leader during the Civil War who rescued more than 300 people on the Underground Railroad

c)

created a newspaper called The Liberator

d)

a former slave and the first black woman to win a court case against a white man

2.

Sojourner Truth

a)

a former slave who learned to read and write and used his knowledge to try to free other slaves

b)

leader during the Civil War who rescued more than 300 people on the Underground Railroad

c)

created a newspaper called The Liberator

d)

a former slave and the first black woman to win a court case against a white man

3.

Frederick Douglass

a)

a former slave who learned to read and write and used his knowledge to try to free other slaves

b)

leader during the Civil War who rescued more than 300 people on the Underground Railroad

c)

created a newspaper called The Liberator

d)

a former slave and the first black woman to win a court case against a white man

4.

William Lloyd Garrison

a)

a former slave who learned to read and write and used his knowledge to try to free other slaves

b)

leader during the Civil War who rescued more than 300 people on the Underground Railroad

c)

created a newspaper called The Liberator

d)

a former slave and the first black woman to win a court case against a white man

5.

A famous novel called ______ _________ _________ written by Harriet Beecher Stowe became famous during the Civil Right movement. It followed the life of an enslaved man.

a)

Uncle Walt's Adventure

b)

Uncle Harry's Journey

c)

Uncle Tom's Cabin

6.

The main character in Uncle Tom's Cabin ________ a lot in the book and it depicted what life was really like for slaves.

a)

suffered

b)

learned

c)

explored

7.

Uncle Tom's Cabin made many readers angry and made them want to fight for the _______ of slaves.

a)

memories

b)

emancipation

c)

anticipation

8.

Match the following Underground Railroad term to its correct definition:

conductors

a)

people who financed the Underground Railroad

b)

places such as churches, homes or schools where runaway slaves spent the night

c)

people who led the escaping slaves from place to place

d)

helpers who owned the places runaway slaves stayed

9.

Match the following Underground Railroad term to its correct definition:

stations

a)

people who financed the Underground Railroad

b)

places such as churches, homes or schools where runaway slaves spent the night

c)

people who led the escaping slaves from place to place

d)

helpers who owned the places runaway slaves stayed

10.

Match the following Underground Railroad term to its correct definition:

shareholders

a)

people who financed the Underground Railroad

b)

places such as churches, homes or schools where runaway slaves spent the night

c)

people who led the escaping slaves from place to place

d)

helpers who owned the places runaway slaves stayed

11.

Match the following Underground Railroad term to its correct definition:

station masters

a)

people who financed the Underground Railroad

b)

places such as churches, homes or schools where runaway slaves spent the night

c)

people who led the escaping slaves from place to place

d)

helpers who owned the places runaway slaves stayed

12.

“I’d like to see the immediate emancipation of all slaves. Set ‘em free!” What does the word emancipation mean in this sentence?

a)

becoming an abolitionist

b)

being released from plantation owners and granted freedom

c)

a government document that deals with rights

d)

to keep slaves but pay them a fair wage

13.

Which statement best describes the Underground Railroad?

a)

a network of southerners that were trying to free northern slaves

b)

the railroad system that was built in the South to move slaves around

c)

a subway system that is completely underground

d)

a system of roads, safe houses and helpers used to get slaves safely to freedom.

14.

Study the picture from William Lloyd Garrison’s paper, The Liberator, and answer the question by using the picture and the articles.


What do the words, “Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself” mean in the picture?

a)

to make sure that you love yourself the most

b)

to treat others the way you want to be treated

c)

to stop slavery but continue unequal rights

d)

to help only those who you know

15.

What is an abolitionist?

a)

a person who uses enslaved workers

b)

a candidate for the Republican Party

c)

a person who fought in the Civil War

d)

one who fights against slavery

16.

Who inspired William Lloyd Garrison to publish the newspaper called The Liberator ?

a)

Sojourner Truth

b)

Frederick Douglass

c)

David Walker

d)

Harriet Tubman

17.

The Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery was a group that _________.

a)

helped young African Americans find jobs and get educations

b)

was started by Sojourner Truth

c)

helped pay for food for slaves

d)

supported plantation owners who lost their slaves

18.

Study the picture from William Lloyd Garrison’s paper, The Liberator, and answer the question by using the picture and the articles.


How does the left side of the picture differ from the right side?

a)

They are both pretty much the same.

b)

The left side shows a scene of equal rights and the right side is about segregation.

c)

The left side is at a slave auction and the right side shows everyone free.

d)

The left shows African Americans going to work and the right shows them heading home.

19.

Which of the following is not a word associated with roles that people took in being a part of the Underground Railroad?

a)

conductor

b)

delivery man

c)

shareholder

d)

station master