Harriet Tubman - Quiz
Harriet Tubman
  • 1. What did Harriet Tubman become in the years after she died?
A) A local folk hero only
B) A forgotten historical figure
C) An American icon
D) A controversial political leader
  • 2. By what decade had Tubman become one of American history's most famous figures?
A) 1970s
B) 1990s
C) 1980s
D) 1960s
  • 3. Which groups did Tubman inspire according to the text?
A) African Americans struggling for equality and civil rights
B) Political activists in Europe
C) European immigrants seeking jobs
D) Native American tribes in the West
  • 4. In which US state are the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Monument and National Historical Park located?
A) Maryland
B) New York
C) New Jersey
D) Canada
  • 5. Where is the Harriet Tubman National Historical Park located?
A) Auburn, NY
B) Baltimore, Maryland
C) Jersey City, New Jersey
D) St. Catharines, Canada
  • 6. What is the significance of the Salem Chapel in St. Catharines, Canada?
A) It is where Tubman was born
B) It is where Tubman died
C) It is where Tubman worshipped
D) It is where Tubman hid during the war
  • 7. In what year did the government of Canada designate Tubman as a National Historic Person?
A) 2010
B) 2005
C) 1995
D) 2000
  • 8. Which board recommended that Tubman be designated a National Historic Person in Canada?
A) Canadian Museum Board
B) National Historical Society of Canada
C) Canadian Heritage Foundation
D) Canadian Historic Sites and Monuments Board
  • 9. Which city contains several historical sites related to Tubman, including her gravesite?
A) St. Catharines, Canada
B) Auburn, New York
C) Cambridge, Maryland
D) Trenton, New Jersey
  • 10. Where is the Harriet Tubman Museum located?
A) Maryland
B) New York
C) New Jersey
D) Canada
  • 11. What year did the American Civil War begin?
A) 1862
B) 1865
C) 1860
D) 1861
  • 12. What did Tubman have a vision would be the result of the Civil War?
A) The expansion of the South
B) The collapse of the military
C) The abolition of slavery
D) The preservation of the Union
  • 13. Who was the General at Fort Monroe who declared escapees to be 'contraband'?
A) David Hunter
B) Abraham Lincoln
C) Benjamin Butler
D) Ulysses S. Grant
  • 14. In what state was Fort Monroe located?
A) South Carolina
B) Maryland
C) Pennsylvania
D) Virginia
  • 15. What term did General Benjamin Butler use for the enslaved people who escaped to Union positions?
A) Defectors
B) Contraband
C) Volunteers
D) Refugees
  • 16. When did Harriet Tubman volunteer to support the Union cause?
A) June 1862
B) January 1861
C) January 1862
D) December 1861
  • 17. In which city did Tubman help refugees after volunteering?
A) Charleston
B) Richmond
C) Port Royal
D) Fort Monroe
  • 18. Who was the General that Tubman met in Port Royal?
A) Benjamin Butler
B) George McClellan
C) Robert E. Lee
D) David Hunter
  • 19. What did General David Hunter do regarding the 'contrabands' in Port Royal?
A) Imprisoned them for treason
B) Forced them to work without pay
C) Declared them free
D) Sent them back to the South
  • 20. Who reprimanded General David Hunter for his actions?
A) The Secretary of War
B) Benjamin Butler
C) Abraham Lincoln
D) The Union Congress
  • 21. What role did Tubman serve in Port Royal?
A) General
B) Nurse
C) Spy
D) Soldier
  • 22. What did Tubman prepare from local plants to aid soldiers?
A) Remedies
B) Bandages
C) Food supplies
D) Clothing
  • 23. Why did Tubman give up her right to government rations?
A) She wanted to donate them to the soldiers
B) Because she was ordered to by Lincoln
C) To dispel the perception of special treatment
D) Because the rations were poor quality
  • 24. What was the name of the man who promised to manumit Tubman's father at age 45?
A) Anthony Thompson
B) John Tubman
C) Atthow Pattison
D) Edward Brodess
  • 25. How much did Tubman pay a white attorney to investigate her mother's legal status?
A) Twenty dollars
B) Five dollars
C) Ten dollars
D) One hundred dollars
  • 26. Who was the grandfather of Mary Brodess who indicated in his will that Rit should be manumitted?
A) Atthow Pattison
B) Anthony Thompson
C) John Tubman
D) Edward Brodess
  • 27. Around what year did Tubman marry John Tubman?
A) 1840
B) 1849
C) 1844
D) 1851
  • 28. What was Tubman's birth name before she changed it to Harriet?
A) Mary
B) Rit
C) Araminta
D) Eliza
  • 29. What caused Tubman's value to slave traders to diminish in 1849?
A) She was too old
B) She was rebellious
C) She injured her leg
D) She became ill
  • 30. What were the two choices Tubman said she had a right to?
A) Marriage or slavery
B) Liberty or death
C) Escape or prayer
D) Work or prison
  • 31. On what date did Tubman and her brothers first escape from slavery?
A) March 1, 1849
B) September 17, 1849
C) October 10, 1849
D) September 17, 1844
  • 32. How much was the reward offered for the capture of Tubman and her brothers?
A) US$500 total
B) US$100 each
C) US$1,000 each
D) US$20 each
  • 33. Why did Tubman's brothers force her to return to slavery after their first escape?
A) They were betrayed
B) They had second thoughts
C) They ran out of food
D) They were captured
  • 34. Which religious group was most prominent among the abolitionists helping escapees in Maryland?
A) Methodists
B) Catholics
C) Baptists
D) Quakers
  • 35. What river did Tubman likely follow during her escape route?
A) Potomac River
B) Delaware River
C) Susquehanna River
D) Choptank River
  • 36. What landmark guided Tubman at night during her escape?
A) The sunrise
B) The Appalachian Mountains
C) The North Star
D) The Choptank River
  • 37. How long was the journey by foot from Maryland to Pennsylvania?
A) Nearly 15 miles
B) Nearly 50 miles
C) Nearly 200 miles
D) Nearly 90 miles
  • 38. What did the lady of the house instruct Tubman to do to avoid suspicion?
A) Sweep the yard
B) Sing a song
C) Hide in the cellar
D) Work in the fields
  • 39. How did Tubman feel when she finally crossed into Pennsylvania?
A) Indifferent to her surroundings
B) Angry at her brothers
C) Like she was in Heaven
D) Fearful of being caught
  • 40. What task was Tubman assigned when hired out to 'Miss Susan' at age five or six?
A) Nursemaid
B) Field work
C) Blacksmithing
D) Cooking
  • 41. What work was Tubman forced to do for the planter James Cook?
A) Checking muskrat traps
B) Tending to livestock
C) Building fences
D) Picking cotton
  • 42. Which illness did Tubman contract while working for James Cook?
A) Malaria
B) Measles
C) Pneumonia
D) Smallpox
  • 43. What song did Tubman reference when describing her childhood homesickness?
A) Old Folks at Home
B) Amazing Grace
C) Go Down Moses
D) Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
  • 44. How long did Tubman remain without medical care after her head injury?
A) Three hours
B) Two days
C) One week
D) A month
  • 45. Which condition did Larson suggest Tubman might have had due to her brain injury?
A) Bipolar disorder
B) Schizophrenia
C) Severe migraines
D) Temporal lobe epilepsy
  • 46. How did Tubman interpret the visions she experienced after her injury?
A) Revelations from God
B) Memories of the past
C) Hallucinations from fever
D) Signs of impending death
  • 47. What type of church did Tubman likely attend with her family?
A) Baptist
B) Presbyterian
C) Methodist
D) Catholic
  • 48. Which year does historian Kate Larson suggest for Tubman's birth?
A) 1822
B) 1825
C) 1815
D) 1820
  • 49. What was Tubman's father's occupation?
A) Skilled woodsman
B) Blacksmith
C) Plantation overseer
D) Cook
  • 50. Which ethnic group was Tubman rumored to have descended from?
A) Igbo
B) Zulu
C) Ashanti
D) Yoruba
  • 51. How many children did Rit and Ben Ross have?
A) Seven
B) Ten
C) Nine
D) Five
  • 52. What was the name of Tubman's grandmother who arrived on a slave ship?
A) Soph
B) Mariah
C) Modesty
D) Rit
  • 53. Which of the following was a sibling of Harriet Tubman?
A) Anthony
B) Moses
C) Edward
D) Mary
  • 54. How many missions did Tubman lead on the Underground Railroad?
A) Approximately 5
B) Approximately 7
C) Approximately 13
D) Approximately 20
  • 55. Approximately how many enslaved people did Tubman rescue?
A) 700
B) 70
C) 50
D) 100
  • 56. Where did Tubman first escape to in 1849?
A) Boston
B) New York
C) Philadelphia
D) Canada
  • 57. Whose 1859 raid on Harpers Ferry did Tubman help plan?
A) John Brown
B) William Lloyd Garrison
C) Abraham Lincoln
D) Frederick Douglass
  • 58. How many people were liberated during the Combahee Ferry raid?
A) Approximately 70
B) More than 1,000
C) Around 300
D) More than 700
  • 59. Besides abolition, which social movement was Tubman active in later in life?
A) Women's suffrage
B) Education reform
C) Temperance movement
D) Labor unions
  • 60. What was the name of the legislative act passed in 1850 that forced officials to assist in capturing escaped slaves?
A) Fugitive Slave Act
B) Underground Railroad Act
C) Emancipation Proclamation
D) Slavery Abolition Act
  • 61. Which relative was Tubman trying to save when she first went to Baltimore?
A) John
B) Moses
C) Henry
D) Kessiah
  • 62. Which abolitionist and former slave did Tubman visit in December 1851?
A) Frederick Douglass
B) John Brown
C) William Still
D) Thomas Garrett
  • 63. To which city in Canada did Tubman eventually lead her aging parents?
A) Ottawa
B) Montreal
C) St. Catharines
D) Toronto
  • 64. Why did Tubman usually conduct escapes on Saturday evenings?
A) Runaway notices would not be printed until Monday
B) The moon was always full
C) It was the only night she had off
D) Slave catchers took weekends off
  • 65. Who was the Quaker in Wilmington who helped Tubman by securing transportation for escapees?
A) Sam Green
B) William Still
C) Thomas Garrett
D) John Bowley
  • 66. What did Tubman use as coded messages to warn travelers of danger?
A) Letters
B) Hand signals
C) Maps
D) Spirituals
  • 67. What item did Tubman carry for protection from slave catchers and their dogs?
A) A revolver
B) A club
C) A knife
D) Poison
  • 68. What was the fate of the man Tubman threatened to shoot when he wanted to turn back?
A) He was captured by slave catchers
B) He reached Canada with the group
C) He escaped back to the plantation
D) He was shot by Tubman
  • 69. In what year was Harriet Tubman introduced to John Brown?
A) 1859
B) 1860
C) 1855
D) 1858
  • 70. What did Harriet Tubman claim to have had before meeting John Brown?
A) A meeting with his family
B) A secret letter
C) A prophetic vision
D) A dream about the raid
  • 71. In what year did Harriet Tubman purchase a farm in Fleming, New York?
A) 1861
B) 1860
C) 1859
D) 1858
  • 72. Who sold the seven-acre farm to Harriet Tubman?
A) Frances Adeline Seward
B) William H. Seward
C) David Wright
D) Martha Wright
  • 73. What was the purchase price of the farm in Fleming, New York?
A) $1,200
B) $1,000
C) $2,000
D) $1,500
  • 74. According to Margaret's daughter Alice, what did she call Tubman's actions?
A) Adoption
B) Rescue
C) Escort
D) Kidnapping
  • 75. When did Tubman conduct her last rescue mission?
A) December 1860
B) November 1860
C) January 1859
D) November 1859
  • 76. Which family member was Tubman unable to rescue because she had passed away?
A) Margaret
B) Ben
C) Rachel
D) Angerine
  • 77. How much was the bribe required to rescue Rachel's children?
A) $30
B) $100
C) $20
D) $50
  • 78. What substance was used to quiet the Ennalls' infant child?
A) Water
B) Paregoric
C) Laudanum
D) Whiskey
  • 79. When did the group reach the home of David and Martha Wright in Auburn?
A) November 28, 1860
B) December 15, 1860
C) December 28, 1860
D) January 1, 1861
  • 80. What was the occupation of William H. Seward?
A) Lawyer
B) Farmer
C) U.S. Senator
D) Governor
  • 81. What was the size of the farm Tubman purchased?
A) Five acres
B) Ten acres
C) Two acres
D) Seven acres
  • 82. How did Harriet Tubman view the Emancipation Proclamation?
A) An unnecessary political distraction
B) A complete victory for abolition
C) A positive but incomplete step
D) A betrayal of enslaved people
  • 83. Who ordered Harriet Tubman's group of scouts in 1863?
A) Robert Gould Shaw
B) Abraham Lincoln
C) John Brown
D) Edwin Stanton
  • 84. Harriet Tubman provided intelligence that aided in the capture of which city?
A) Charleston, South Carolina
B) Richmond, Virginia
C) Beaufort, South Carolina
D) Jacksonville, Florida
  • 85. What song did Harriet Tubman sing to encourage people during the Combahee River Raid?
A) Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
B) Battle Hymn of the Republic
C) Follow the Drinking Gourd
D) Uncle Sam's Farm
  • 86. Whose last meal did Harriet Tubman reportedly serve before the assault on Fort Wagner?
A) James Montgomery
B) Robert Gould Shaw
C) Edwin Stanton
D) Albert Bushnell Hart
  • 87. How long did Tubman continue to nurse wounded soldiers after the Confederacy surrendered?
A) Several months
B) One week
C) Five years
D) Two years
  • 88. Who did Tubman marry in 1869?
A) Clinton D. MacDougall
B) Sereno E. Payne
C) Nelson Davis
D) Gerry W. Hazelton
  • 89. What was the name of the baby girl Tubman and her husband adopted in 1874?
A) Sarah
B) Gertie
C) Mary
D) Elizabeth
  • 90. Who wrote the authorized biography titled 'Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman'?
A) Sarah Hopkins Bradford
B) Nelson Davis
C) Clinton D. MacDougall
D) Gertie Davis
  • 91. What was actually inside the trunk the swindlers promised Tubman?
A) Empty space
B) Old clothes
C) Gold coins
D) Rocks
  • 92. What illness caused the death of Nelson Davis in 1888?
A) Tuberculosis
B) Influenza
C) Heart failure
D) Pneumonia
  • 93. What amount of monthly widow's pension was Tubman granted in 1895?
A) $25
B) $20
C) $8
D) $12
  • 94. What compromise pension amount did Congress approve for Tubman in 1899?
A) $8
B) $25
C) $12
D) $20
  • 95. What did Tubman have to sell to afford a train ticket to suffragist celebrations?
A) Her jewelry
B) Her house
C) A cow
D) A piece of land
  • 96. In what year did Tubman serve as the keynote speaker at the National Federation of Afro-American Women conference?
A) 1896
B) 1900
C) 1890
D) 1899
  • 97. What medical procedure did Tubman undergo at Massachusetts General Hospital?
A) Amputation
B) Eye surgery
C) Skull surgery
D) Dental surgery
  • 98. What did Tubman bite down on during her skull surgery?
A) A bullet
B) A cloth bandage
C) A leather strap
D) A wooden stick
  • 99. What was the cause of Harriet Tubman's death?
A) Pneumonia
B) Infection
C) Old age
D) Heart failure
  • 100. On what date did Harriet Tubman die?
A) January 1, 1913
B) June 23, 1908
C) March 10, 1911
D) March 10, 1913
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