Underground Railroad - Quiz
A) Yes, it consisted of underground tunnels B) Yes, but only in northern states C) No, it was neither literally underground nor a railroad D) It started underground and later moved above ground
A) 1875 B) 1863 C) 1800 D) 1850
A) Because trains transported people by night B) Because fugitives disappeared from public view as if they went into the ground C) Because it was built by railroad workers D) Because it used actual steam locomotives
A) Because trains were the only way to travel north B) To honor the inventors of the railroad C) To confuse slave catchers using railroad codes D) Because that was the transportation system in use at the time
A) Yes, located in Philadelphia B) Yes, located in Canada C) No, it had no headquarters or governing body D) Yes, managed by the Quaker church
A) Yes, but only for conductors B) No C) Yes, distributed by abolitionist newspapers D) Yes, printed secretly in New York
A) Via public newspaper advertisements B) By word of mouth C) By telegraph messages D) Through published maps and guides
A) Numeric code B) Morse code C) Alphabetical cipher D) Binary code
A) In large centralized militias B) In small, independent groups C) Under strict military command D) In state-wide chapters
A) Free-born blacks, white abolitionists, formerly enslaved people, and Native Americans B) Exclusively white Quakers C) Only trained railway employees D) Elected government officials
A) They believed slavery was contrary to the ethics of Jesus B) They were paid by northern politicians C) They wanted to build new railroads D) They were ordered to by the federal government
A) Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) B) Eastern Orthodox Church C) Church of England D) Roman Catholics
A) Quakers and Congregationalists B) Catholics and Anglicans C) Presbyterians and Lutherans D) Methodist Episcopal Church and the Baptists
A) Without it, there would have been almost no chance for fugitives to reach freedom safely B) It was minor compared to white abolitionists C) They acted solely as messengers D) They only provided financial donations
A) Railroad unions B) Freedom leagues C) Vigilance committees D) Abolitionist brotherhoods
A) Georgia, South Carolina, and Virginia B) Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York C) Texas, Florida, and Louisiana D) California, Oregon, and Nevada
A) In their churches and homes B) In government buildings C) In public train stations D) In commercial warehouses
A) Diane Miller B) Cheryl Janifer Laroche C) John Rankin D) Larry Gara
A) European sympathizers B) Blacks, enslaved and free C) White northern politicians D) Native American guides
A) They emphasize white abolitionists as the main factor and overlook free Black communities B) They state white abolitionists were southern spies C) They claim white abolitionists did not participate at all D) They believe white abolitionists ran the government
A) The agency of African Americans in their own quest for freedom B) The laws passed by southern states C) The financial cost of running safe houses D) The role of the British navy
A) As active leaders of vigilance committees B) As 'helpless' slaves aided by white religious groups C) As railway engineers D) As wealthy landowners funding the network
A) They belonged in folklore and not history B) They were completely fabricated by southern politicians C) They were accurately documented in government archives D) They were broadcast widely on newspapers
A) Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and John Brown B) John Rankin, Cheryl Laroche, and Diane Miller C) George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin D) Harriet Tubman, Thomas Garrett, and Levi Coffin
A) That northern abolitionists were paid professionals B) That southern slaveholders supported the abolitionists C) That freedom seekers needed the help of Northerners to escape and minimizes enslaved people's intelligence and agency D) That escaping slavery was easy without assistance
A) Mexico B) Canada C) The Caribbean D) Great Britain
A) Canadian diplomats B) Southern politicians C) British parliament members D) Northern abolitionists
A) The French and Indian War B) The Mexican-American War C) The War of 1812 D) The Revolutionary War
A) Financial compensation for runaway slaves B) Automatic freedom after five years C) A more stringent Fugitive Slave Law D) A complete ban on slave catching in the North
A) Compulsory slave catch acts B) Personal liberty laws C) Southern trade embargoes D) Pro-slavery mandates
A) George Washington B) Thomas Jefferson C) Abraham Lincoln D) Andrew Jackson
A) Stationmasters B) Passengers C) Engineers D) Conductors
A) Engineers B) Passengers C) Travelers D) Conductors
A) Mexico B) Cuba C) Spain D) Canada
A) Puerto Rico B) Mexico C) Florida D) Cuba
A) Confederate military camps B) Union lines C) British naval vessels D) Spanish forts in Florida
A) 1,000,000 B) 100,000 C) 10,000 D) 500,000
A) Charles Turner Torrey B) Thomas Smallwood C) Scott Shane D) Eber Pettit
A) July 4, 1776 B) August 10, 1842 C) December 25, 1850 D) January 1, 1863
A) Scott Shane B) Thomas Smallwood C) Charles Turner Torrey D) Eber Pettit
A) Sam Weller B) Freedom Train C) Uncle Tom D) North Star
A) Eber Pettit B) John Zell C) Charles Turner Torrey D) J. Blaine Hudson
A) Eber Pettit B) Scott Shane C) Thomas Smallwood D) J. Blaine Hudson
A) Ursa Minor B) Cassiopeia C) Orion D) The Big Dipper
A) Harriet Tubman B) Frederick Douglass C) Ona Judge D) Sojourner Truth
A) Mobile, Alabama B) Huntsville, Alabama C) Birmingham, Alabama D) Montgomery, Alabama
A) Rafts B) Kayaks C) Sailboats D) Canoes
A) Florida B) Texas C) Cuba D) Panama
A) Mandatory for all residents B) Regulated by federal law C) Illegal D) Legal
A) Lard B) Turpentine C) Hot pepper D) Vinegar
A) Charred bullfrog B) Dried swamp moss C) Crushed tree bark D) Roasted snake skin
A) Swamps B) Desert caves C) Mountains D) Open fields
A) Up the Appalachians B) Across the Rocky Mountains C) Through the Florida Everglades D) Along the Mississippi River
A) Lake Michigan B) Lake Erie C) Lake Huron D) Lake Ontario
A) Thomas Downing B) Frederick Douglass C) Samuel May D) Joshua Young
A) Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge B) Erie Canal Bridge C) Brooklyn Bridge D) St. Lawrence Crossing
A) St. Lawrence River B) Niagara River C) Mississippi River D) Ohio River
A) William Still B) Thomas Downing C) Joshua Young D) Arnold Gragstone
A) A clothing store B) An Oyster restaurant C) A hardware shop D) A horse stable
A) Thomas Downing B) William Still C) Arnold Gragstone D) Samuel May
A) During the 1860s B) During the 1850s C) During the 1790s D) During the 1830s
A) The 'River Jordan' B) The 'Red Sea' C) The 'Sea of Galilee' D) The 'River Euphrates'
A) Harpers Ferry B) Rochester, New York C) Syracuse D) Philadelphia
A) Customs inspectors B) Railroad engineers C) Plantation overseers D) Mariners
A) 1896 B) 1830 C) 1861 D) 1855
A) Sojourner Truth B) Harriet Tubman C) Rosa Parks D) Mary Meachum
A) John B) Breckenridge C) Charles D) Freeman
A) The Pearl incident B) The Stono rebellion C) The Amistad mutiny D) Harpers Ferry raid
A) 1877 B) 1896 C) 1840 D) 1855
A) Roasted meats and baked bread B) Cold salads and sandwiches C) Fried pastries D) One-pot meals (stews)
A) Pioneer cuisine B) Continental dining C) Fast food D) Soul food
A) Desert canyons B) Wetlands C) Mountain peaks D) Open plains
A) Virginia B) South Carolina C) Louisiana D) Delaware
A) 1860s B) 1670s C) 1780s D) 1820s
A) San Miguel B) Dan Sayer C) Herbert Aptheker D) Jean Saint Malo
A) Ten B) Five hundred C) Twelve D) Fifty
A) Spanish colonial government B) French colonial government C) United States government D) British colonial government
A) June 19, 1784 B) August 15, 1816 C) January 10, 1864 D) July 4, 1776
A) Great Lakes region B) Lowcountry C) New England coast D) Appalachian Mountains
A) 1822 B) 1816 C) 1800 D) 1861
A) 1784 B) 1820s C) 1816 D) 1819
A) 1820 B) 1819 C) 1822 D) 1861
A) 1820 B) 1816 C) 1822 D) 1861
A) 1861 B) 1784 C) 1822 D) 1819
A) San Miguel B) Herbert Aptheker C) Jean Saint Malo D) Dan Sayer
A) 17th century B) 16th century C) 18th century D) 19th century
A) Saint Malo B) Fort Malden C) Negro Town D) San Miguel de Gualdape
A) Louisiana B) Florida C) Virginia D) South Carolina
A) 1784 B) 1689 C) 1526 D) 1861
A) San Miguel de Gualdape B) Fort Malden C) Negro Town D) Ashepoo
A) Saint Malo B) Negro Town C) San Miguel D) Lowcountry
A) Ten decades B) Four decades C) Two decades D) One decade
A) Nanticoke B) Shawnee C) Ottawa D) Wyandot
A) Nanticoke B) Wyandot C) Ojibwe D) Shawnee
A) 1706 B) 1738 C) 1806 D) 1829
A) 1806 B) 1829 C) 1812 D) 1738
A) George Washington B) Andrew Jackson C) Winfield Scott D) Zachary Taylor
A) Tobacco plantations B) Cotton plantations C) Sugarcane plantations D) Rice plantations
A) Agustín de Iturbide B) Vicente Guerrero C) Antonio López de Santa Anna D) Benito Juárez
A) 1836 B) 1829 C) 1812 D) 1845 |
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