english unit test

Question 1

secret network of people who helped slaves flee to freedom before the civil war

Answer 1

the underground railroad

Question 2

what years (year-year) did the civil war go to

Answer 2

1861-1865

Question 3

when and where did the first slaves arrive

Answer 3

jamestown,virginia in 1619

Question 4

what were the underground railroad’s “stations”

Answer 4

homes, shops, and churches where runaway slaves were hidden and fed

Question 5

what was a “conductor”

Answer 5

a person who led slaves to freedom in the free states

Question 6

the network covered all of the __1_____as far west as __2___ and ____3_____

Answer 6

1.northeast
2.kansas
3. nebraska

Question 7

how many are thought to have used the underground railroad

Answer 7

40,000-100,000

Question 8

Denmark Vesey

Answer 8

planned a revolt to stop slavery however a slave spy heard and told his white master vesey was arrested tried and hung to sent a message to others

Question 9

Frederick Douglass

Answer 9

Former slave who escaped then risked his life to be apart of the underground railroad

Question 10

Harriet Tubman

Answer 10

also joined the underground railroad with frederick douglass

Question 11

Emancipation procolmation

Answer 11

a law made by abraham lincoln to end slavery and free all slaves

Question 12

gettysburg address

Answer 12

a big speech by abe lincoln given on the gettysburg battlefield

Question 13

the drummer boy of shiloh

Answer 13

historical fiction book written by ray bradbury about what bradbury imagined it must have felt like for young kids who ran from home to be a part of the war

Question 14

the people could fly by virginia hamilton

Answer 14

a myth/folktale that was an oral story passed down through generations

Question 15

what happened in 1863

Answer 15

the emancipation procolomation

Question 16

who declared the emancipation proclomation

Answer 16

abraham lincoln

Question 17

how many slaves did the proclomation get to fight for the north

Answer 17

200,000

Question 18

more than __________ slaves enrolled in the army

Answer 18

180,000

Question 19

how long was the gettysburg battle

Answer 19

3 days

Question 20

how many men were dead wounded or missing by the end of the fight

Answer 20

48,000

Question 21

how young were some drummer boys

Answer 21

10 years old

Question 22

when injured on the battlefield an assistant surgeon would pick whatever he could out of the wound likely using his __1___ and then pack the wound with _2___or _3____

Answer 22

1. fingers
2. cotton
3. lint

Question 23

what wounds were usually fatal

Answer 23

shots to the stomach neck or head

Question 24

what type of death was twice as likely as death cuased by a wound on the battlefield

Answer 24

death of disease

Question 25

how did the average slave about to escape start their journey

Answer 25

by themselves and then later being helped by strangers

Question 26

how many slaves traveled on the underground railroad

Answer 26

as many as 100,000 people

Question 27

for what did the plantation owners believe slave traid was a necessity for

Answer 27

the stock market

Question 28

in the 1600s and 1700s, slavery was legal in ________ and in canada

Answer 28

all 13 colonies

Question 29

who were early helpers to slaves who had escaped

Answer 29

indians who knew the routes

Question 30

what was the first community of freed africans called

Answer 30

seminole freedmen

Question 31

why did slavery become concentrated in the south

Answer 31

because of cotton trade

Question 32

who was the creater of the liberator

Answer 32

william moet garrison

Question 33

what was frederick douglass' newspaper called

Answer 33

the north star

Question 34

how many slaves did william still harbor and write about

Answer 34

2700 slaves

Question 35

how did henry brown make his way to the north

Answer 35

he mailed himself to philadelphia

Question 36

what did congress do in 1850

Answer 36

passed the fugitive slave act

Question 37

where did as many as 20,000 escaped slaves settle

Answer 37

canada

Question 38

how much was the reward for harriet tubman

Answer 38

40,000

Question 39

what book is said to have 'started' the civil war

Answer 39

uncle tom's cabin

Question 40

who was harriet tubman's biggest white supporter

Answer 40

thomas garrett

Question 41

which two ripley,ohio residense helped harbor slaves

Answer 41

reverend john kankin, john parker

Question 42

what buildings became unnoficial post offices

Answer 42

black churches, black sailors were postmen

Question 43

what did harriet tubman do during the civil war

Answer 43

she was a nurse, spy/scout, and union cook

Question 44

What did frederick douglass serve as

Answer 44

us marshall in the district of columbia