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Abolition (SS Weekly Gr. 5, Wk. 26)

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the Underground Railroad?

a)

A subway in New York City

b)

The way abolitionists got to the south

c)

A roller coaster at Dollywood

d)

The route fugitive slaves used to travel north

2.

What would happen to slaves who were caught trying to escape?

a)

They had to pay for their freedom.

b)

They were severely punished or killed.

c)

They were given their freedom as a reward.

d)

People helped them travel north.

3.

What term means, "Someone who wanted slavery to end?"

a)

Abolitionist

b)

Enslaved Person

c)

Freedom-seeker

d)

Passenger

4.

Harriet Tubman led people to freedom, just like __________ in the Bible.

a)

Adam

b)

David

c)

Moses

d)

Paul

5.

How many trips did Harriet Tubman make?

a)

13

b)

15

c)

17

d)

19

6.

What codeword meant "A safe house"?

a)

Conductor

b)

Passenger

c)

Station

d)

Station Master

7.

What codeword meant "An enslaved person who was trying to escape"?

a)

Agent

b)

Branch

c)

Conductor

d)

Passenger

8.

What codeword meant "an individual who directly guided fugitive slaves"?

a)

Agent

b)

Conductor

c)

Passenger

d)

Station Master

9.

What codeword meant "owner or keeper of a safehouse"?

a)

Agent

b)

Conductor

c)

Passenger

d)

Station Master

10.

What codeword meant "the North Star, Polaris, the Big Dipper"?

a)

Agent

b)

Branch

c)

Drinking Gourd

d)

Station

11.

What codeword meant "someone who gives supplies and money"?

a)

Agent

b)

Passenger

c)

Conductor

d)

Shareholder