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Abolitionists and Underground Railroad

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Suffrage means the right to _______________.
a)
own a firearm
b)
vote in political elections
c)
practice your religion
d)
free speech
2.

As a result of the suffrage movement

a)

slavery was abolished.

b)

the 19th Amendment was passed

c)

women achieved equal pay

d)

women were allowed to drive.

3.
How did Harriet Tubman help slaves?
a)
She helped injured and sick slaves hurt their masters.
b)
She brought food to the slaves who were starving.
c)
She offered the escaped slaves a place to live.
d)
She helped them escape through the Underground Railroad.
4.

Which of the following women was born into slavery and later became a speaker for abolition( ending slavery) and women's rights?

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

Lucretia Mott

c)

Sojourner Truth

d)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

5.
A person who believed in getting rid of slavery was called ______________.
a)
an abolitionist
b)
a soldier
c)
a civilian
6.

______ was born as a slave in Maryland; escaped from slavery; made 19 journeys to the South to help around 300 others escape; and never lost a slave during her journeys.

a)

Frederick Douglas

b)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

c)

Harriet Tubman

d)

Sojourner Truth

7.

What was Sojourner Truth's famous speech?

a)

"Ain't I a Mother"

b)

"Ain't I a Human"

c)

"Ain't I a Woman"

8.

What do Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, and Harriet Tubman have in common?

a)

They each spoke 5 languages

b)

They were slaves who escaped and fought to help other slaves do the same.

c)

They all taught themselves to read and write.

d)

They were all part of the Underground Railroad

9.

True or False:

The Underground Railroad was actually a railroad that ran from the South to Canada.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Who was the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad?

a)

Sojourner Truth

b)

Frederick Douglass

c)

Harriet Tubman

11.

How many people did Harriet Tubman help to escape on the Underground Railroad?

a)

about 100

b)

about 30

c)

about 300

d)

about 1000

12.

What was Susan B. Anthony arrested for?

a)

giving a speech to promote woman's suffrage

b)

trying to vote in the 1872 presidential election

c)

making signs to promote woman's suffrage

d)

sneaking into a library to find books about woman's suffrage

13.

________ shared his personal testimony of being a slave himself, he made listeners realize the brutality and horrors of slavery.

a)

William Lloyd Garrison

b)

John Brown

c)

Frederick Douglass

d)

Benjamin Rush

14.

Someone who guides slaves on the trip north to escape slavery.

a)

people

b)

abolitionist

c)

conductor

d)

Stanton

15.
Frederick Douglass escaped by pretending to be a _________ and traveled north.
a)
sailor
b)
carpenter
c)
blacksmith
d)
slave
16.
Frederick Douglass was friends with this U.S. president.
a)
Barack Obama
b)
George W. Bush
c)
George Washington
d)
Abraham Lincoln
17.

What does the word abolish mean?

a)

continue

b)

get-rid-of

c)

organize

18.

Who was the person that taught Fredrick Douglass to read?

a)

another slave

b)

His Master

c)

The wife of his Master

d)

His mother

19.
Susan B. Anthony wanted....
a)
the colonists to be free from British rule.
b)
to be the first woman president
c)
to be a nurse
d)
all women to have the right to vote
20.

Which of the following are ways Susan B. Anthony tried to get information out about the women's rights movement.

a)

She gave speeches

b)

She wrote in a newspaper

c)

She protested with other women

d)

All of the answers

21.

Susan B. Anthony worked with _____________ when she fought for women's rights?

a)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

b)

Fredrick Douglass

c)

Harriet Tubman

d)

Sojourner Truth

22.

Stanton worked to get the 19th amendment passed, which was the right for women to vote.

a)

True

b)

False