Underground Railroad Brainpop

Which word indicates that travel on the Underground Railroad was done in secret?

• Conductor

• Underground

• Railroad

• Abolition

Which state was the most likely destination for a passenger on the Underground Railroad?

• New York

• Georgia

• Mississippi

• Virginia

How did life differ in the North for people who had escaped slavery?

• Racism was rare

• There were fewer white people

• African Americans had equal rights

• Slavery was illegal

Which group opposed abolitionists?

• Quakers

• Slave owners

• African American northerners

• Fugitives from slavery

Frederick Douglass and Sojourner Truth were both:

• born in the north

• white abolitionists

• formerly enslaved

• supporters of the Fugitive Slave Act

What does the story of Henry "Box" Brown demonstrate about the majority of passengers on the Underground Railroad?

• They avoided traveling by foot

• They traveled alone

• They settled in Philadelphia

• They took great risks to reach freedom

As a conductor on the Underground Railroad, Harriet Tubman:

• Guided passengers from station to station

• Wrote essays against slavery

• Gave speeches about her experience in slavery

• Defended passengers in court

How did William Still contribute to our knowledge of the Underground Railroad?

• He founded an abolitionist newspaper

• He kept records of passengers he helped rescue

• He interviewed former slave owners after the Civil War

• He published a biography of Harriet Tubman

The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 was passed in response to:

• Harsh treatment of enslaved people by law enforcement

• Pro-slavery juries in Northern courts

• Northern laws that protected enslaved people

• The abolition of slavery by the federal government

The Underground Railroad _____ the Civil War.

• continued until

• started after

• helped end

• was the main cause of