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Underground Railroad & Civil War

Total questions: 34

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Owning someone as a slave

a)

conductors

b)

slavery

c)

Fugitive Slave Act of 1850

d)

Fugitive Slave Act

2.

people who want to get rid of slavery forever

a)

Underground Railroad

b)

conductors

c)

slavery

d)

abolitionist

3.

secret places that slaves could hide in as they were running away

a)

Emancipation Proclamation

b)

fugitives

c)

Underground Railroad

d)

conductors

4.

People that helped lead escaped slaves to freedom

a)

fugitives

b)

prejudice

c)

conductors

d)

slavery

5.

slaves escaping to freedom through the underground railroad

a)

Emancipation Proclamation

b)

passengers

c)

conductors

d)

fugitives

6.

made it illegal to help slaves

a)

Fugitive Slave Act of 1850

b)

passengers

c)

Emancipation Proclamation

d)

Fugitive Slave Act

7.

What is a station?

a)

A safe place to stop

b)

Another name for a slave

c)

A secret route

d)

An abolitionist

8.

Who is one of the most well-known abolitionists who escaped slavery themselves when they were young?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

c)

Levi Coffin

d)

Harriet Tubman

9.

True or False: Uncle Tom's Cabin was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe and was about how slavery benefitted America.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

The Civil War was fought because the North and the South had different opinions about ____________________.

a)

land

b)

power

c)

money

d)

slavery

11.

True or False: The South won the Civil War.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Which of the following statements is true?

a)

The North was also known as the Union and the Yankees and the South was also known as the Confederacy and the Rebels.

b)

The North was also known as the Confederacy and the Yankees and the South was also known as the Union and the Rebels.

c)

The North was also known as the Union and the Rebels and the South was also known as the Confederacy and the Yankees.

d)

The North was also known as the Confederacy and the Rebels and the South was also known as the Union and the Yankees.

13.

This word means to formally withdraw or leave

a)

abolish

b)

depart

c)

secede

d)

I'm out

14.

Which was NOT a reason for the Civil War beginning?

a)

Abraham Lincoln was elected

b)

The Kansas-Nebraska Act

c)

The Star Spangled Banner was written

d)

South Carolina seceded

15.

Which of the following was NOT a reason Ohio was so involved in the Underground Railroad?

a)

Ohio bordered two slave states: Kentucky and Virginia

b)

Ohio was not far from Canada

c)

Ohio had many trees to hide in.

d)

Ohio had 3 men: John Rankin, John Parker, and Levi Coffin who helped people on the Underground RR

16.

The southern slave states that all seceded from the Union were called the _________________

a)

The Blue Men

b)

Confederate States of America

c)

The Union

d)

The Southern Army

17.

Which one of the following was an abolitionist from Ohio who helped slaves on the Underground Railroad?

a)

John Wilkes Booth

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Jefferson Davis

d)

John Rankin

18.

The Confederate Army attacked ______________ and this started the Civil War.

a)

Ft. Greenville

b)

Appomattox Court House

c)

Ft. Sumter

d)

Washington, DC

19.

Harriet Tubman can be described as

a)

courageous and lazy

b)

mean and brave

c)

courageous and hard-working

d)

diligent and lazy

20.

Which of the following is NOT an example of how the Underground Railroad was secretive?

a)

Fugitives traveled by night.

b)

Runaway slaves were hidden in homes.

c)

Each station only knew the station before and after it.

d)

Harriet Tubman let scared slaves return to their owners.

21.

It can be said that Harriet Tubman, "never lost a passenger.

What does this mean?

a)

She never got lost.

b)

She collected money from everyone who traveled with her.

c)

She guided all of the slaves following her to freedom.

d)

None of her slaves ever got lost in the dark.

22.
Was the Underground Railroad really underground?
a)
yes
b)
no
23.
Slaves traveled by __________________.
a)
boats 
b)
wagons
c)
on foot
d)
all of the above
24.
Slaves usually traveled during the _______________.
a)
night time
b)
day time
25.

After his election, this president went on to end slavery.

a)

Jefferson Davis

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

George Washington

d)

Abraham Lincoln

26.

This person was elected because his views on slaves and states' rights was the same as the South.

a)

Jefferson Davis

b)

James Madison

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Thomas Jefferson

27.

What was the cause for the Southern states to secede?

a)

Lincoln's election of 1860

b)

They didn't like the clothes the North wore

c)

The North was taking all of the slaves from the South because they needed help farming

28.

What was the reason taking sides was hard for the people in border states?

a)

The states allowed slavery, but wanted to remain in the union.

b)

They didn't like the South

c)

They were abolitionists

d)

They formed their own country

29.

What was the effect of having large plantations and little help in the South?

a)

Less slavery

b)

Less money

c)

More slavery

d)

Southerners leaving the south

30.

What did the South fear with Lincoln's election?

a)

He would increase the amount of slavery used

b)

He would keep the North and South separated

c)

He would abolish slavery

d)

None of the above

31.

The Kansas-Nebraska Act made it possible for...

a)

states to vote to be free states or slave states

b)

the Southern states abolish slavery

c)

slavery to be outlawed in any new states formed in the West

d)

Dred Scott to be freed

32.

A Civil War is a war between two factions (or groups) within the same country.

a)

True

b)

False

33.

In what years did the Civil War take place?

a)

1900's

b)

1861-1865

c)

2011-2015

d)

1456-1478

34.

How long did the Civil War last?

a)

4 years

b)

12 years

c)

a couple of months

d)

3 days