Michelle Reading Comprehension (Underground Railroad)

What was the Underground Railroad?

• a part of the Bill of Rights

• a system to help people figure out railroads

• a system to help enslaved people escape

• a part of the Emancipation

What do some people think popularized the term 'Underground Railroad'?

• a great interest in developing toys about railroads

• railroads being so important to escaped people

• the growing popularity of the railroad system

• a great interest in the new system of tracks

Why was code necessary where the Underground Railroad was concerned?

• The Underground Railroad refers mainly to many systems used to help enslaved people escape in the 1800s.

• The Underground Railroad

• Knowledge of the Underground Railroad began in the late 18th century.

• Code terminology was used since the Underground Railroad was a secretive movement.

When did knowledge of the Underground Railroad begin?

• in the late 1840s

• in the late 18th century

• in 1831

• when the Civil War began in 1863

What was the first suggestion of the Underground Railroad?

• Tice Davids escaped in 1831

• The popularity of the term Underground Railroad grew in the late 1840s

• It consisted of many different people offering aid and shelter to escaped people

• It may have been due to one specific escape

When were code terminologies used in the Underground Railroad?

• in the late 18th century

• when the Civil War began in 1863

• since the Underground Railroad was a secretive movement

• in the late 1840s

When did the Underground Railroad operations suggest to end?

• in the late 18th century

• in the late 1840s

• in 1831

• when the Civil War began in 1863

Who fulfilled an important role in a command position within the Union Army?

• Tice Davids

• Harriet Tubman

• The owner of the escaped person

• The conductors

What did the codes 'tracks,' 'stations,' and 'conductors' represent in the Underground Railroad?

• railroads, train stations, conductors

• routes, hiding places, guides

• paths, shelters, drivers

• roads, houses, passengers

What was the main reason for using code terminology in the Underground Railroad?

• to honor the railroad system

• to keep the movement secretive

• to make it more interesting

• to confuse the authorities