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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which of the following forced Northerners to help capture escaped enslaved people?
slavery
abolitionism
the Fugitive Slave Act
the Underground Railroad
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which of the following BEST describes the reaction of Northerners to the Fugitive Slave Act?
Many were displeased, which increased tensions over slavery
Many were relieved that their way of life could be preserved
Many were upset because they felt the act benefited enslaved people
Many felt the law healed the rift between North and South
- 3. Multiple Choice
How did the Fugitive Slave Act affect the rights of free African Americans in the North?
it required them to work for lower wages
it limited their freedom of speech
it prevented them from traveling to Canada
it stripped them of their right to trial by jury
- 4. Multiple Choice
After the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act, many free African-Americans
moved to California
took jobs as railroad workers
were enslaved in the South
testified against slave hunters in court
- 5. Multiple Choice
How did the Fugitive Slave Act affect the legal systems of free states of the North?
it prompted the creation of new personal liberty laws
it prevented attorneys from representing fugitive slaves in court
it prompted passage of laws against personal liberties for fugitive slaves
it changed how judges ruled at trials held in Northern courts
- 6. Multiple Choice
How did the Fugitive Slave Act affect the Underground Railroad?
it prevented it from functioning
it prompted an expansion of its operations
it made people afraid to shelter enslaved people
it prompted a decrease in its operations
- 7. Multiple Choice
Who led a raid on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in 1859?
John Brown
Frederick Douglass
William Lloyd Garrison
Reverend Luther Lee
- 8. Multiple Choice
Why did John Brown lead the raid on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia in 1859?
to inspire Southern slaveholders to resist abolitionists
to inspire an armed uprising of enslaved African Americans
to protest the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act
to protest the use of militia to defend fugitive slave hunters
- 9. Multiple Choice
After John Brown was tried, convicted, and hanged, many Northerners
attacked the prison where he had been held
considered him a hero of the antislavery cause
feared others would embrace violence as he had
worried about the admiration that surrounded him
- 10. Multiple Choice
After John Brown was tried, convicted, and hanged, most Northerners
wanted the prison where he had been held closed
were relieved that he was dead
thought his actions caused violence to increase
considered him a hero
- 11. Multiple Choice
In the mid-1800s, the specific network of routes and safe houses used by people escaping slavery was known as
the Fugitive Slave Act
the abolitionist movement
the transcontinental railroad
the Underground Railroad
- 12. Multiple Choice
Which of the following BEST describes the general direction of "lines" on the Underground Railroad?
north to south
east to west
west to east
south to north
- 13. Multiple Choice
Which of the following BEST describes the contribution of Harriet Tubman to the Underground Railroad?
Tubman was a newspaper publisher who denounced the Fugitive Slave Act
Tubman was a minister who housed escaped enslaved people in her home
Tubman was an anti-slavery leader who used force against proslavery groups
Tubman was a conductor who helped enslaved people escape
- 14. Multiple Choice
Which of the following groups helped fugitives use the Underground Railroad during the mid-1800s?
conductors and railroad workers
ministers and businessmen
slaveholders and slave hunters
abolitionists and religion groups
- 15. Multiple Choice
How did abolitionists respond to the capture of Shadrach Minkins?
They helped him escape from jail and got him a job in Boston
They provided lawyers who represented him in Massachusetts
They sent him to Canada on the Underground Railroad
They sent him to California on the Underground Railroad
- 16. Multiple Choice
What happened to the Underground Railroad after the Fugitive Slave Act was passed?
it became less effective
it grew and became busier
it was shut down by slave hunters
it was shut down by the federal government
- 17. Multiple Choice
Many people spoke out against slavery in response to
the admission of California to the Union as a free state
the establishment of the Underground Railroad
the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act
the practice of popular sovereignty
- 18. Multiple Choice
In response to the Fugitive Slave Act, many Northern states
removed the right of African Americans to a jury trial
ensured African Americans to a jury trial
required Northerners help African Americans escape slavery
restored the rights guaranteed by personal liberty laws
- 19. Multiple Choice
Frederick Douglass predicted that the Fugitive Slave Act would
lead to peaceful protests by abolitionists
lead to punishment of slave holders
lead to his capture
lead to war
- 20. Multiple Choice
In the mid-1800s, people who helped runaway enslaved people escape were called
conductors
fugitives
helpers
railroad workers
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