Harriet Tubman

Slave owners most likely wanted to capture Harriet Tubman because she

• led enslaved people to freedom

• fought against the Fugitive Slave Law

• sang forbidden spirituals to enslaved people

• worked hard and they wanted her as a worker

What detail does the author include to characterize Tubman as courageous?

• She planned the trips to begin on Sundays.

• A man refused to accept her and the runaways.

• She led runaways knowing she faced being hanged.

• The runaways stayed with her when she slept.

Tubman told the runaways about Thomas Garrett and his shoes to

• brag about the pair of shoes she received, even though she knew the runaways would not receive shoes.

• remember the joyful stories for a long time

• scare the runaways into joining her escaping

• give the runaways hope of reaching freedom

How did the rumored Moses differ from the actual conductor of the Underground Railroad?

• Moses was rumored to give whippoorwill calls as signals, but Tubman sang spirituals.

• Moses was rumored to be a man, but Harriet Tubman was a woman.

• The rumored Moses traveled only by night, but Tubman led the runaways by day.

• The rumored Moses followed the North Star, but Tubman used her memory to lead the way.

What effect did the Fugitive Slave Law have on enslaved people?

• Owners could no longer reclaim people who escaped slavery.

• Runaways could be returned to the South if found in the North.

• Enslaved people were required to do more.

• The law made the sale of enslaved people more profitable.

The fact that one house on the Underground Railroad refused to help the runaways shows that

• few people knew about Tubman in the North

• freeing enslaved people was a dangerous activity

• life was difficult for enslaved people in the South

• many people refused to help enslaved people

Petry shows Tubman encouraging the runaways despite her own fear. This helps characterize Tubman as someone who

• lived a life that was filled with constant fear

• could put aside her fear to help others

• recklessly put others' lives in danger

• refused to accept reality as others saw it

Why did Tubman threaten to shoot one of the eleven runaways?

• She wanted to scare the other runaways

• He threatened to return to the plantation

• One person wrote down the runaways' stories

• He thought he could lead the way better than she

What was the nickname given to Harriet Tubman for her work on the Underground Railroad?

• The Liberator

• Moses

• Freedom Fighter

• The Great Escape

What was the Fugitive Slave Act and how did it impact Harriet Tubman's work?

• The Fugitive Slave Act required escaped slaves to be returned to their owners, increasing the risk for escaped slaves and making Harriet Tubman's Underground Railroad missions more dangerous.

• The Fugitive Slave Act allowed escaped slaves to live freely in the North

• The Fugitive Slave Act made it easier for escaped slaves to find safety

• The Fugitive Slave Act had no impact on Harriet Tubman's work