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History of the underground railroad
100

The person called "Moses"

Who is Harriet Tubman?

100

Gospel train and Freedom trains means..

What was the underground railroad?

100

Bundles of wood was a term for

What are fugitives to be expected?

100

The people that made the quilts

Who are seamstresses?

100

The main way of transporting slaves

What is walking?

200

A conductor is a

Who is a person that directly transported slaves?

200

The Drinking gourd stands for

What is the Big dipper and North star?

200

A person that helped the freedom seekers as a conductor or agent

Who are Operators?

200

This happened to most of the quilts they found

What fell to pieces or got lost?

200

This many escaped slaves would travel in a group

What was 1-3 people?

300

The word Cannan stands for

What is Canada?

300

A stockholder was

Who was a person that donated money, food, and clothes?

300

Escaping slaves were sometimes called this

What is baggage

300

A bow tie on a quilt stood for

What is dressing in disguise? 

300

This amendment abolished slavery

What is the 13 amendment?

400

A term for Canada, also means freedom

What is Heaven?

400

A safe place and temporary refuge for escaped slaves

What is a station?

400

Forwarding was a term for

What is taking slaves from station to station?

400

This symbol signified to underground railroad passengers that it is safe to take off their chains and shackles

What is a double wedding ring?

400

About this much money was the bounty for Harriet Tubman's arrest

What is 40,000$?

500

The river jordan was a term used for this river

What is the Ohio river?

500

Leaders and speakers were called

What are Preachers?

500

A sudden departure was called

What is a French leave?

500

This pictures signified to seek shelter now, the people here are safe to speak with

What is a log cabin?

500

less than this many slaves were able to escape a year

What is 1,000?

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