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Thomas Garret helped people fleeing slavery in all of the following ways except
a. hiding them in a store
b. by feeding them meals
c. by driving them to Canada
d. by giving them shoes
c. by driving them to Canada
A harzardous task is _
a. risky
b. unbeatable
c. reliable
d. difficult
a. risky
What does the speech Garrett delievered in court tell you about him?
a. He was angry that he was found guilty
b. He was eager to turn in the futitive slaves
c. He wanted to close his shoe store
d. He was still devoted to his cause
d. He was still devoted to his cause
Why was Wilmongton a hazardous stop on the Underground Railroad?
a. It was a desolate place where many slaves could get lost and die of starvation.
b. It was constantly under surveillance by slave catchers.
c. There weren't any friendly white people to ehlp runaways
d. It was surrounded by a river and wasdifficult to reach.
b. It was constantly under surveillance by slave catchers.
What did the Afrian Americans celebrate in Wilmington in 1870?
a. The underground railroad
b. the emacipation proclamation
c. the passage of the fifteenth amendment
d. the verdict in Thomas Garret's trial?
c. the passage of the fifteenth amendment
a. complexity
b. voting
c. costuming
d. perseverance
d. perseverance
A prudent person is_
a. generous
b. warlike
c. modest
d. cautious
d. cautious
What does Garrett's courtroom speech tell you about him?
a. He was angry that he had been found guilty.
b. He was eager to turn in the fugitive slaves.
c. He wanted to close his shoe store
d. He was still devoted to helpingrunaway slaves
d. He was still devoted to helpingrunaway slaves
What type of character does Harriet Tubman portray?
faithful and determined
The opposite of jubilant is _
a. distressed
b. ashamed
c. overjoyed
d. confused
c. overjoyed
Why does the lady described at the begining of the reading passage wear a veil?
a. because she is a Quaker
b. beccause she is in mourning
c. to protect herself from the sun
d. to disguise her appearance
d. to disguise her appearance
By the time the Emancipation Proclamation was issued in 1863, appromainately how many runaway slaves had Garrett helped?
a. 5,400
b. 2,700
c. 1,400
d. 1,000
b. 2,700
Which is something not mentioned in the article as a way that Thomas Garrett helped runaway slaves.
a. feeding them
b. giving them disguises
c. defending them against violent slave owners
d. sheltering them
c. defending them against violent slave owners
Which is Not a factor that aided Garret in sending slaves to freedom?
a. his cleverness
b. donations from foreign countries
c. trustworthy friends
d. his enormous wealth
d. his enormous wealth
What was the verdict against Thomas Garrett?
a. He was financially ruined for the rest of his life.
b. He went to jail until 1863.
c. He had to pay a huge fine
d. He stopped sheltering slaves
a. He was financially ruined for the rest of his life.
How is it that we know as much as we do about Harriet Tubman?
a. from letters to Thomas Garrett
b.from stories passed on from slaves to their children
c. from the letters Thomas Garret sent to her or wrote about her
d. from her old diary entries
c. from the letters Thomas Garret sent to her or wrote about her
What did African-Americans in Wilmington celebrate in 1870?
a. the creation of the Underground Railroad
b. the issuing of the Emancipation Proclamation
c. the Fifteeth Amendment being passed into law.
d. the verdict in Thomas Garrett's trial
c. the Fifteeth Amendment being passed into law.
Which sentence supports the main idea that fugitives were always helped by Thomas Garret, no matter what the cost or risk?
a. "It was Harriet's first visit to Garrett, but she would be returning many times in the future."
b. "He would have gone without food himself before he would have refused food to a hungry slave."
c. Of all the stations on the Underground Railroad, his was probably the most efficiently run and the one most frequently used."
d. "As he continued to speak for more than an hour, some of the spectators hissed while others cheered"
b. "He would have gone without food himself before he would have refused food to a hungry slave."