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  • T/F The Underground Railroad was an underground railway system that ran through the entire United States.
    False
    True
  • An abolitionist is
    someone who wants to keep slavery
    someone who wants to only have slavery in the west
    someone who wants to only have slavery in the south
    someone who wants to end slavery
  • Enslaved peple usually escaped at  night on ________, so they could travel without bein missed.
    Saturday
    Monday
    Wednesday
    Sunday
  • T/F The underground Railroad was a network of people, homes, and hideouts used by slaves to escape to freedom in the North.
    False
    True
  • The Underground Railroad happened from
    1810-1860
    1775-1800
    1800-1810
    1860-1900
  • Did slaves have the freedom of religion?
    Yes
    No
  • Who led the enslaved along the different routes to freedom?
    Conductors
    Passengers
    fencepost
    Stationaries
  • Were slaves allowed to get legally married?
    yes, their masters would allow them to marry.
    not legally, but they had mock weddings
  • What group of people were the first abolitionist?
    Western Farmers
    Quakers
    Catholics
    Northern workers
  • What did enslaved people call Canada?
    Promised Land
    Given Land
    Defining Lands
    Impossible Land
  • This act forced all northern peple to turn escaped slaves in, or face jail and large fines.
    Fugitive Slave Act
    Enslaved capture Act
    Runaway Slave Act
  • Slaves would hide their scent from the search dogs by
    not bathing to make a horrible smell
    rubbing onions and pine on their feet
  • Stakeholders
    did not help, and looked for runaways
    helped by building hideaway houses
    helped by giving money and food
    did not help and sold runaways back to their owners
  • safe stations were usually __________ miles apart
    20-30
    10-20
    2-3
    5-10
  • T/F Some slaves could read and write, but not many.
    false
    true
  • hideouts and safe homes along the Underground railroad were called what?
    stations
    fenceposts
    Conductors
    stockholders
  • What was referred to as cargo?
    conductors
    enslaved people
    homes and hideouts
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