US History MCQs

US Underground Railroad Conductors MCQs with Answer

Harriet Tubman, a renowned Underground Railroad conductor, was often referred to as the:
a) Freedom Seeker
b) Underground Guide
c) Moses of her People
d) Abolition Queen
Answer: c) Moses of her People

Who is known as the “Father of the Underground Railroad” due to his efforts in establishing safe houses and escape routes?
a) Harriet Tubman
b) Frederick Douglass
c) William Still
d) Levi Coffin
Answer: d) Levi Coffin

Frederick Douglass, a former enslaved person, became a prominent abolitionist and assisted fugitive slaves. He also:
a) Founded the American Anti-Slavery Society
b) Authored the novel “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”
c) Led the Amistad mutiny
d) Escaped to Canada via the Underground Railroad
Answer: a) Founded the American Anti-Slavery Society

Who famously said, “I freed a thousand slaves. I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves”?
a) Sojourner Truth
b) Nat Turner
c) William Lloyd Garrison
d) Harriet Tubman
Answer: a) Sojourner Truth

Harriet Tubman made multiple daring trips to the South to guide enslaved people to freedom. What was her nickname as a conductor?
a) The Trailblazer
b) The Lighthouse
c) The Midnight Rider
d) The Railroad Queen
Answer: c) The Midnight Rider

Which Underground Railroad conductor was known as “General Tubman” due to her fearless leadership?
a) Harriet Tubman
b) Levi Coffin
c) Henry “Box” Brown
d) John Parker
Answer: a) Harriet Tubman

Levi Coffin, known as the “President of the Underground Railroad,” was a Quaker who helped enslaved individuals escape to freedom from which state?
a) Kentucky
b) Mississippi
c) Virginia
d) Georgia
Answer: a) Kentucky

Who was an African American abolitionist and conductor on the Underground Railroad, using her home as a safe haven for freedom seekers?
a) Sojourner Truth
b) Sarah Grimké
c) Harriet Beecher Stowe
d) Harriet Jacobs
Answer: d) Harriet Jacobs

John Parker, an Underground Railroad conductor, was known for his engineering skills. He helped freedom seekers cross which river to reach freedom?
a) Mississippi River
b) Hudson River
c) Ohio River
d) Potomac River
Answer: c) Ohio River

Which Underground Railroad conductor was a conductor on the “Railroad” herself and also advocated for women’s suffrage?
a) Harriet Tubman
b) Sojourner Truth
c) Harriet Beecher Stowe
d) Sarah Grimké
Answer: b) Sojourner Truth

Harriet Beecher Stowe, although not an Underground Railroad conductor, played a significant role in the abolitionist movement through her:
a) Leadership of the American Anti-Slavery Society
b) Invention of the telegraph
c) Publication of the novel “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”
d) Military service during the Civil War
Answer: c) Publication of the novel “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”

William Still, an African American abolitionist and conductor, documented the stories of many freedom seekers in his book titled:
a) “The North Star”
b) “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
c) “Ain’t I a Woman?”
d) “The Underground Railroad Records”
Answer: d) “The Underground Railroad Records”

Who was a former enslaved person who escaped to freedom and then returned to the South to help others as an Underground Railroad conductor?
a) John Brown
b) Sojourner Truth
c) Henry “Box” Brown
d) Harriet Tubman
Answer: c) Henry “Box” Brown

Which prominent abolitionist and conductor on the Underground Railroad was also known for his newspaper, “The North Star”?
a) Levi Coffin
b) William Still
c) Frederick Douglass
d) John Parker
Answer: c) Frederick Douglass

Who was a Quaker abolitionist and conductor on the Underground Railroad, known for assisting freedom seekers in Indiana?
a) Levi Coffin
b) John Brown
c) Nat Turner
d) William Lloyd Garrison
Answer: a) Levi Coffin

The “Underground Railroad” was a network of secret routes and safe houses used by enslaved individuals to escape to freedom, primarily during which century?
a) 17th century
b) 18th century
c) 19th century
d) 20th century
Answer: c) 19th century

Who was an African American abolitionist, preacher, and conductor on the Underground Railroad who led the Harper’s Ferry raid?
a) Frederick Douglass
b) Nat Turner
c) John Parker
d) John Brown
Answer: d) John Brown

Which Underground Railroad conductor was known as the “Black Moses” for leading numerous freedom seekers to freedom?
a) Harriet Tubman
b) William Still
c) John Brown
d) Sojourner Truth
Answer: a) Harriet Tubman

Who was an African American abolitionist and educator who founded the “Institute for Colored Youth” in Philadelphia and assisted freedom seekers?
a) Henry “Box” Brown
b) John Parker
c) William Still
d) Octavius Catto
Answer: d) Octavius Catto

Which Underground Railroad conductor and preacher was known for his role in the violent slave rebellion known as “Nat Turner’s Rebellion”?
a) Frederick Douglass
b) William Still
c) Harriet Tubman
d) Nat Turner
Answer: d) Nat Turner

Who was a conductor on the Underground Railroad who escaped slavery and later became a powerful advocate for abolition and women’s rights?
a) Sarah Grimké
b) Harriet Tubman
c) Sojourner Truth
d) Harriet Beecher Stowe
Answer: c) Sojourner Truth

Which Underground Railroad conductor and minister from Massachusetts helped over 300 fugitive slaves escape to freedom?
a) John Brown
b) John Parker
c) Levi Coffin
d) Thomas Garrett
Answer: d) Thomas Garrett

Who was an African American abolitionist, suffragist, and conductor on the Underground Railroad who is famous for her “Ain’t I a Woman?” speech?
a) Sojourner Truth
b) Harriet Tubman
c) Harriet Beecher Stowe
d) Sarah Grimké
Answer: a) Sojourner Truth

Thomas Garrett, an Underground Railroad conductor, was a Quaker from which state?
a) New York
b) Pennsylvania
c) Maryland
d) Ohio
Answer: b) Pennsylvania

Who was an African American abolitionist, speaker, and conductor on the Underground Railroad, known for her involvement in the “Florence Crittenton Homes”?
a) Harriet Tubman
b) Fannie Lou Hamer
c) Mary Ann Shadd Cary
d) Harriet Beecher Stowe
Answer: c) Mary Ann Shadd Cary

Who was an Underground Railroad conductor and civil rights activist who co-founded the “Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party”?
a) Harriet Tubman
b) Fannie Lou Hamer
c) Mary Ann Shadd Cary
d) Sojourner Truth
Answer: b) Fannie Lou Hamer

Which Underground Railroad conductor was an enslaved person who gained freedom and then helped others escape through the “Underground Railroad”?
a) John Brown
b) Frederick Douglass
c) William Still
d) Harriet Tubman
Answer: b) Frederick Douglass

Who was a conductor on the Underground Railroad who escaped from slavery and later wrote a narrative of his life’s journey to freedom?
a) John Parker
b) Nat Turner
c) Henry “Box” Brown
d) Frederick Douglass
Answer: d) Frederick Douglass

Henry “Box” Brown famously escaped slavery by:
a) Hiding in a barn
b) Posing as a plantation owner
c) Sewing himself into a wooden box
d) Forging freedom papers
Answer: c) Sewing himself into a wooden box

Who was an Underground Railroad conductor known as the “Father of Black History” and authored the book “The Mis-Education of the Negro?
a) Booker T. Washington
b) W.E.B. Du Bois
c) Nat Turner
d) Henry “Box” Brown
Answer: b) W.E.B. Du Bois

Which Underground Railroad conductor was a former enslaved person who escaped to freedom and later became a lecturer and author?
a) Nat Turner
b) Henry “Box” Brown
c) Booker T. Washington
d) Harriet Jacobs
Answer: d) Harriet Jacobs

Who was a conductor on the Underground Railroad and an advocate for women’s rights, suffrage, and temperance?
a) Harriet Tubman
b) Elizabeth Cady Stanton
c) Susan B. Anthony
d) Lucy Stone
Answer: b) Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Which Underground Railroad conductor was an escaped enslaved person who later became a prominent abolitionist, author, and speaker?
a) Harriet Tubman
b) Sojourner Truth
c) William Still
d) Frederick Douglass
Answer: d) Frederick Douglass

Who was an Underground Railroad conductor and women’s rights activist who co-organized the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848?
a) Harriet Tubman
b) Elizabeth Cady Stanton
c) Sojourner Truth
d) Susan B. Anthony
Answer: b) Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Which Underground Railroad conductor was an escaped enslaved person who became a preacher, lecturer, and advocate for abolition and women’s rights?
a) Frederick Douglass
b) Sojourner Truth
c) Harriet Tubman
d) Harriet Beecher Stowe
Answer: b) Sojourner Truth

Who was an Underground Railroad conductor and preacher who used his skills to lead freedom seekers to safety along the “Railroad”?
a) John Brown
b) Nat Turner
c) Henry “Box” Brown
d) John Parker
Answer: d) John Parker

Which Underground Railroad conductor and activist is famous for her “Ain’t I a Woman?” speech delivered at the Women’s Rights Convention?
a) Harriet Tubman
b) Sojourner Truth
c) Elizabeth Cady Stanton
d) Susan B. Anthony
Answer: b) Sojourner Truth

Who was an Underground Railroad conductor and abolitionist who authored the novel “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”?
a) Harriet Tubman
b) Sojourner Truth
c) Harriet Beecher Stowe
d) Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Answer: c) Harriet Beecher Stowe

Which Underground Railroad conductor and women’s rights advocate was a co-founder of the “American Equal Rights Association”?
a) Susan B. Anthony
b) Elizabeth Cady Stanton
c) Harriet Tubman
d) Sojourner Truth
Answer: a) Susan B. Anthony

Who was an African American abolitionist, conductor on the Underground Railroad, and co-founder of the “American Anti-Slavery Society”?
a) Sojourner Truth
b) Frederick Douglass
c) Harriet Tubman
d) Harriet Beecher Stowe
Answer: b) Frederick Douglass

Which Underground Railroad conductor and women’s rights activist delivered the “Declaration of Sentiments” at the Seneca Falls Convention?
a) Harriet Tubman
b) Susan B. Anthony
c) Sojourner Truth
d) Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Answer: d) Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Who was an Underground Railroad conductor and African American abolitionist who fought for equality and education for Black people?
a) Booker T. Washington
b) Frederick Douglass
c) W.E.B. Du Bois
d) Nat Turner
Answer: b) Frederick Douglass

Which Underground Railroad conductor and suffragist founded the “National Woman Suffrage Association” with Susan B. Anthony?
a) Harriet Tubman
b) Elizabeth Cady Stanton
c) Sojourner Truth
d) Lucretia Mott
Answer: b) Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Who was an Underground Railroad conductor and African American journalist who founded the “North Star” newspaper?
a) Harriet Tubman
b) Frederick Douglass
c) Sojourner Truth
d) Harriet Beecher Stowe
Answer: b) Frederick Douglass

Which Underground Railroad conductor and women’s rights advocate co-founded the “National Woman Suffrage Association” with Elizabeth Cady Stanton?
a) Susan B. Anthony
b) Harriet Tubman
c) Sojourner Truth
d) Lucretia Mott
Answer: a) Susan B. Anthony

Who was an African American abolitionist, suffragist, and Underground Railroad conductor who delivered the famous “Ain’t I a Woman?” speech?
a) Harriet Tubman
b) Sojourner Truth
c) Frederick Douglass
d) Mary Ann Shadd Cary
Answer: b) Sojourner Truth

Which Underground Railroad conductor was known as the “Black Moses” and is credited with leading numerous freedom seekers to safety?
a) Frederick Douglass
b) Harriet Tubman
c) Sojourner Truth
d) Harriet Beecher Stowe
Answer: b) Harriet Tubman

Who was an African American abolitionist, Underground Railroad conductor, and suffragist who founded the “Women’s Loyal National League”?
a) Harriet Tubman
b) Sojourner Truth
c) Susan B. Anthony
d) Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Answer: a) Harriet Tubman

Which Underground Railroad conductor and suffragist co-organized the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848 and authored the “Declaration of Sentiments”?
a) Susan B. Anthony
b) Elizabeth Cady Stanton
c) Harriet Tubman
d) Sojourner Truth
Answer: b) Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Who was an Underground Railroad conductor and women’s rights advocate who co-founded the “American Equal Rights Association” with Susan B. Anthony?
a) Harriet Tubman
b) Elizabeth Cady Stanton
c) Sojourner Truth
d) Susan B. Anthony
Answer: d) Susan B. Anthony

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