Team 1
0
Team 2
0
Teams
Name
Score
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
Loading
15
×
What was the Underground Railroad?
a system of secret escape routes that led slaves to free lands
Oops!
Check
Okay!
Check
15
×
What do we call the people who led the runaway slaves from one hiding place to another, usually at night?
conductors
Oops!
Check
Okay!
Check
15
×
This former slave became famous for his writings and speeches against slavery.
Frederick Douglass
Oops!
Check
Okay!
Check
15
×
Who was the white Northerner who founded the American Anti-Slavery Society?
William Lloyd Garrison
Oops!
Check
Okay!
Check
15
×
These people were a constant danger on the Underground Railroad.
slave catchers
Oops!
Check
Okay!
Check
15
×
What did Samuel Cornish and John Russwurm start?
Freedom's Journal, the first newspaper owned and written by African-Americans
Oops!
Check
Okay!
Check
15
×
Chief Justice Roger B. Taney said that slaves were not American citizens, and should actually just be considered people's _____________.
property
Oops!
Check
Okay!
Check
15
×
Why did Dred Scott take his case to court?
He argued that since he once lived on free land (Illinois), he should be granted his freedom.
Oops!
Check
Okay!
Check
15
×
Who was the best-known conductor on the Underground Railroad?
Harriet Tubman
Oops!
Check
Okay!
Check
15
×
Did Dred Scott win or lose his case?
He lost.
Oops!
Check
Okay!
Check
×
thief
Give points!
5
10
15
20
25
×
magnet
Take 10 points!
Okay!
×
shark
Other team loses 25 points!
Okay!
×
thief
Give points!
5
10
15
20
25
15
×
Who was the woman who Abraham Lincoln referred to as "the little lady who started the big war?"
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Oops!
Check
Okay!
Check
×
trap
No points!
Oops!
×
rocket
Go to first place!
Okay!
×
rocket
Go to first place!
Okay!
×
thief
Give points!
5
10
15
20
25
15
×
What did Harriet Beecher Stowe write?
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Oops!
Check
Okay!
Check
15
×
What was the effect of the Dred Scott decision on the nation?
It made the disagreements over slavery worse and further divided the nation.
Oops!
Check
Okay!
Check
×
baam
Lose 25 points!
Oops!
×
seesaw
Swap points!
Okay!
×
shark
Other team loses 15 points!
Okay!
×
banana
Go to last place!
Oops!
×
Restart
Review
Join for Free
;
Your experience on this site will be improved by allowing cookies.
Allow cookies
