This network of "conductors" and "stations" guided escaped slaves from the South as far north as Canada.
What is THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD?
100
Although unable to read and write, this former New York slave campaigned tirelessly to an advanced age.
Who is SOJOURNER TRUTH?
100
These were songs sung by slaves in the south; they often used symbolism to speak of escaping to freedom.
What are SPIRITUALS?
100
"My Old Kentucky Home" is an example of this type of song.
What is FOLK SONG?
100
In "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot," it is the phrase that symbolizes workers on the Underground Railroad who might come to free the slaves.
What is "band of angels"?
200
Abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison helped this escaped slave to publish his autobiography and then obtain his legal emancipation.
Who is FREDERICK DOUGLASS?
200
One of the Naturalist writers, this author became known for his bitter outlook on the world until he eventually "disappeared" in Mexico.
Who is AMBROSE BIERCE?
200
It is why Frederick Douglass decided to criticize the practice of slavery rather than the white slave owners in the South.
What is HE DID NOT WANT TO AVOID POTENTIALLY SYMPATHETIC WHITE READERS.
200
It is a long, formal poem written about a death or a loss.
What is an ELEGY?
200
Sojourner Truth admits that it may be the only area in which women are not equal to men.
What is INTELLECT (or EDUCATION)?
300
It is where the first shots of the Civil War were fired.
What is FORT SUMTER, SOUTH CAROLINA?
300
Known as "America's Troubadour," this song-writer's works increasingly showed empathy for the plight of those held in bondage.
Who is STEPHEN CRANE?
300
It borrows its tune from "John Brown's Body," a Civil War song lamenting the hanging of the radical abolitionist.
What is THE BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC?
300
It is another name for the rhetorical technique called ELABORATION.
What is AMPLIFICATION?
300
He is Walt Whitman's "captain."
Who is ABRAHAM LINCOLN?
400
In the 1850s, it was the immediate goal of "free-soilers" like Abraham Lincoln.
What is STOP THE EXPANSION OF SLAVERY?
400
Contrary to popular legends, it was not written on the back of an envelope.
What is THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS?
400
It is the linguistic term for language that is informal and conversation and often used among the common people.
What is COLLOQUIALISM?
400
In his autobiography, Frederick Douglass compares being selected to go to Great House Farm with this.
What is BEING ELECTED TO CONGRESS.
500
Because of its reliance upon popular sovereignty, this congressional attempt to satisfy both slave holders and free soilers ultimately resulted in a civilian blood bath.
What is THE KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT?
500
Although he was born after the Civil War ended, this author's work often used American Realism to paint a dark view of mankind's relationship with war.
Who is STEPHEN CRANE?
500
It is the crime for which Peyton Farquhar had to hang.
What is SETTING A FIRE AT THE UNION WORKS AT OWL CREEK BRIDGE.
500
You're going to get this one correct, I'm sure!
What is VERBAL IRONY?
500
This spy meets a fate not unlike that of Peyton Farquhar, except that he is shot rather than hanged.