Harriet Tubman - Quiz
Harriet Tubman
  • 1. What did Harriet Tubman become in the years after she died?
A) A controversial political leader
B) A local folk hero only
C) An American icon
D) A forgotten historical figure
  • 2. By what decade had Tubman become one of American history's most famous figures?
A) 1980s
B) 1990s
C) 1970s
D) 1960s
  • 3. Which groups did Tubman inspire according to the text?
A) European immigrants seeking jobs
B) African Americans struggling for equality and civil rights
C) Native American tribes in the West
D) Political activists in Europe
  • 4. In which US state are the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Monument and National Historical Park located?
A) New York
B) Maryland
C) New Jersey
D) Canada
  • 5. Where is the Harriet Tubman National Historical Park located?
A) Baltimore, Maryland
B) Jersey City, New Jersey
C) Auburn, NY
D) St. Catharines, Canada
  • 6. What is the significance of the Salem Chapel in St. Catharines, Canada?
A) It is where Tubman died
B) It is where Tubman worshipped
C) It is where Tubman hid during the war
D) It is where Tubman was born
  • 7. In what year did the government of Canada designate Tubman as a National Historic Person?
A) 2005
B) 2000
C) 2010
D) 1995
  • 8. Which board recommended that Tubman be designated a National Historic Person in Canada?
A) Canadian Museum Board
B) National Historical Society of Canada
C) Canadian Historic Sites and Monuments Board
D) Canadian Heritage Foundation
  • 9. Which city contains several historical sites related to Tubman, including her gravesite?
A) Cambridge, Maryland
B) Trenton, New Jersey
C) St. Catharines, Canada
D) Auburn, New York
  • 10. Where is the Harriet Tubman Museum located?
A) Maryland
B) New York
C) Canada
D) New Jersey
  • 11. What year did the American Civil War begin?
A) 1862
B) 1861
C) 1865
D) 1860
  • 12. What did Tubman have a vision would be the result of the Civil War?
A) The preservation of the Union
B) The abolition of slavery
C) The expansion of the South
D) The collapse of the military
  • 13. Who was the General at Fort Monroe who declared escapees to be 'contraband'?
A) Benjamin Butler
B) David Hunter
C) Abraham Lincoln
D) Ulysses S. Grant
  • 14. In what state was Fort Monroe located?
A) Virginia
B) Pennsylvania
C) South Carolina
D) Maryland
  • 15. What term did General Benjamin Butler use for the enslaved people who escaped to Union positions?
A) Volunteers
B) Refugees
C) Contraband
D) Defectors
  • 16. When did Harriet Tubman volunteer to support the Union cause?
A) January 1862
B) December 1861
C) January 1861
D) June 1862
  • 17. In which city did Tubman help refugees after volunteering?
A) Charleston
B) Fort Monroe
C) Port Royal
D) Richmond
  • 18. Who was the General that Tubman met in Port Royal?
A) Benjamin Butler
B) George McClellan
C) David Hunter
D) Robert E. Lee
  • 19. What did General David Hunter do regarding the 'contrabands' in Port Royal?
A) Declared them free
B) Forced them to work without pay
C) Imprisoned them for treason
D) Sent them back to the South
  • 20. Who reprimanded General David Hunter for his actions?
A) Benjamin Butler
B) The Union Congress
C) Abraham Lincoln
D) The Secretary of War
  • 21. What role did Tubman serve in Port Royal?
A) Spy
B) General
C) Soldier
D) Nurse
  • 22. What did Tubman prepare from local plants to aid soldiers?
A) Remedies
B) Clothing
C) Bandages
D) Food supplies
  • 23. Why did Tubman give up her right to government rations?
A) Because the rations were poor quality
B) To dispel the perception of special treatment
C) She wanted to donate them to the soldiers
D) Because she was ordered to by Lincoln
  • 24. What was the name of the man who promised to manumit Tubman's father at age 45?
A) Atthow Pattison
B) Anthony Thompson
C) Edward Brodess
D) John Tubman
  • 25. How much did Tubman pay a white attorney to investigate her mother's legal status?
A) One hundred dollars
B) Twenty dollars
C) Five dollars
D) Ten dollars
  • 26. Who was the grandfather of Mary Brodess who indicated in his will that Rit should be manumitted?
A) John Tubman
B) Anthony Thompson
C) Edward Brodess
D) Atthow Pattison
  • 27. Around what year did Tubman marry John Tubman?
A) 1840
B) 1844
C) 1849
D) 1851
  • 28. What was Tubman's birth name before she changed it to Harriet?
A) Rit
B) Eliza
C) Mary
D) Araminta
  • 29. What caused Tubman's value to slave traders to diminish in 1849?
A) She became ill
B) She was rebellious
C) She injured her leg
D) She was too old
  • 30. What were the two choices Tubman said she had a right to?
A) Escape or prayer
B) Work or prison
C) Liberty or death
D) Marriage or slavery
  • 31. On what date did Tubman and her brothers first escape from slavery?
A) October 10, 1849
B) September 17, 1849
C) September 17, 1844
D) March 1, 1849
  • 32. How much was the reward offered for the capture of Tubman and her brothers?
A) US$20 each
B) US$500 total
C) US$1,000 each
D) US$100 each
  • 33. Why did Tubman's brothers force her to return to slavery after their first escape?
A) They were betrayed
B) They had second thoughts
C) They were captured
D) They ran out of food
  • 34. Which religious group was most prominent among the abolitionists helping escapees in Maryland?
A) Methodists
B) Quakers
C) Baptists
D) Catholics
  • 35. What river did Tubman likely follow during her escape route?
A) Choptank River
B) Delaware River
C) Susquehanna River
D) Potomac River
  • 36. What landmark guided Tubman at night during her escape?
A) The Appalachian Mountains
B) The Choptank River
C) The sunrise
D) The North Star
  • 37. How long was the journey by foot from Maryland to Pennsylvania?
A) Nearly 15 miles
B) Nearly 90 miles
C) Nearly 200 miles
D) Nearly 50 miles
  • 38. What did the lady of the house instruct Tubman to do to avoid suspicion?
A) Sing a song
B) Hide in the cellar
C) Sweep the yard
D) Work in the fields
  • 39. How did Tubman feel when she finally crossed into Pennsylvania?
A) Indifferent to her surroundings
B) Fearful of being caught
C) Like she was in Heaven
D) Angry at her brothers
  • 40. What task was Tubman assigned when hired out to 'Miss Susan' at age five or six?
A) Blacksmithing
B) Cooking
C) Nursemaid
D) Field work
  • 41. What work was Tubman forced to do for the planter James Cook?
A) Tending to livestock
B) Building fences
C) Picking cotton
D) Checking muskrat traps
  • 42. Which illness did Tubman contract while working for James Cook?
A) Smallpox
B) Measles
C) Malaria
D) Pneumonia
  • 43. What song did Tubman reference when describing her childhood homesickness?
A) Amazing Grace
B) Go Down Moses
C) Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
D) Old Folks at Home
  • 44. How long did Tubman remain without medical care after her head injury?
A) Three hours
B) One week
C) Two days
D) A month
  • 45. Which condition did Larson suggest Tubman might have had due to her brain injury?
A) Bipolar disorder
B) Temporal lobe epilepsy
C) Schizophrenia
D) Severe migraines
  • 46. How did Tubman interpret the visions she experienced after her injury?
A) Hallucinations from fever
B) Signs of impending death
C) Revelations from God
D) Memories of the past
  • 47. What type of church did Tubman likely attend with her family?
A) Methodist
B) Presbyterian
C) Baptist
D) Catholic
  • 48. Which year does historian Kate Larson suggest for Tubman's birth?
A) 1815
B) 1820
C) 1825
D) 1822
  • 49. What was Tubman's father's occupation?
A) Blacksmith
B) Cook
C) Skilled woodsman
D) Plantation overseer
  • 50. Which ethnic group was Tubman rumored to have descended from?
A) Zulu
B) Ashanti
C) Igbo
D) Yoruba
  • 51. How many children did Rit and Ben Ross have?
A) Five
B) Ten
C) Nine
D) Seven
  • 52. What was the name of Tubman's grandmother who arrived on a slave ship?
A) Mariah
B) Soph
C) Modesty
D) Rit
  • 53. Which of the following was a sibling of Harriet Tubman?
A) Edward
B) Anthony
C) Mary
D) Moses
  • 54. How many missions did Tubman lead on the Underground Railroad?
A) Approximately 5
B) Approximately 7
C) Approximately 13
D) Approximately 20
  • 55. Approximately how many enslaved people did Tubman rescue?
A) 50
B) 70
C) 700
D) 100
  • 56. Where did Tubman first escape to in 1849?
A) Philadelphia
B) Boston
C) New York
D) Canada
  • 57. Whose 1859 raid on Harpers Ferry did Tubman help plan?
A) Abraham Lincoln
B) William Lloyd Garrison
C) Frederick Douglass
D) John Brown
  • 58. How many people were liberated during the Combahee Ferry raid?
A) More than 700
B) Approximately 70
C) Around 300
D) More than 1,000
  • 59. Besides abolition, which social movement was Tubman active in later in life?
A) Labor unions
B) Education reform
C) Temperance movement
D) Women's suffrage
  • 60. What was the name of the legislative act passed in 1850 that forced officials to assist in capturing escaped slaves?
A) Emancipation Proclamation
B) Underground Railroad Act
C) Fugitive Slave Act
D) Slavery Abolition Act
  • 61. Which relative was Tubman trying to save when she first went to Baltimore?
A) John
B) Moses
C) Henry
D) Kessiah
  • 62. Which abolitionist and former slave did Tubman visit in December 1851?
A) Thomas Garrett
B) William Still
C) Frederick Douglass
D) John Brown
  • 63. To which city in Canada did Tubman eventually lead her aging parents?
A) Ottawa
B) St. Catharines
C) Montreal
D) Toronto
  • 64. Why did Tubman usually conduct escapes on Saturday evenings?
A) Runaway notices would not be printed until Monday
B) Slave catchers took weekends off
C) The moon was always full
D) It was the only night she had off
  • 65. Who was the Quaker in Wilmington who helped Tubman by securing transportation for escapees?
A) Thomas Garrett
B) John Bowley
C) Sam Green
D) William Still
  • 66. What did Tubman use as coded messages to warn travelers of danger?
A) Maps
B) Spirituals
C) Letters
D) Hand signals
  • 67. What item did Tubman carry for protection from slave catchers and their dogs?
A) Poison
B) A revolver
C) A knife
D) A club
  • 68. What was the fate of the man Tubman threatened to shoot when he wanted to turn back?
A) He was shot by Tubman
B) He was captured by slave catchers
C) He escaped back to the plantation
D) He reached Canada with the group
  • 69. In what year was Harriet Tubman introduced to John Brown?
A) 1859
B) 1858
C) 1860
D) 1855
  • 70. What did Harriet Tubman claim to have had before meeting John Brown?
A) A prophetic vision
B) A dream about the raid
C) A meeting with his family
D) A secret letter
  • 71. In what year did Harriet Tubman purchase a farm in Fleming, New York?
A) 1860
B) 1858
C) 1861
D) 1859
  • 72. Who sold the seven-acre farm to Harriet Tubman?
A) Martha Wright
B) William H. Seward
C) Frances Adeline Seward
D) David Wright
  • 73. What was the purchase price of the farm in Fleming, New York?
A) $1,500
B) $2,000
C) $1,200
D) $1,000
  • 74. According to Margaret's daughter Alice, what did she call Tubman's actions?
A) Kidnapping
B) Rescue
C) Adoption
D) Escort
  • 75. When did Tubman conduct her last rescue mission?
A) November 1860
B) January 1859
C) December 1860
D) November 1859
  • 76. Which family member was Tubman unable to rescue because she had passed away?
A) Margaret
B) Ben
C) Angerine
D) Rachel
  • 77. How much was the bribe required to rescue Rachel's children?
A) $30
B) $20
C) $100
D) $50
  • 78. What substance was used to quiet the Ennalls' infant child?
A) Water
B) Laudanum
C) Whiskey
D) Paregoric
  • 79. When did the group reach the home of David and Martha Wright in Auburn?
A) December 28, 1860
B) November 28, 1860
C) January 1, 1861
D) December 15, 1860
  • 80. What was the occupation of William H. Seward?
A) U.S. Senator
B) Farmer
C) Lawyer
D) Governor
  • 81. What was the size of the farm Tubman purchased?
A) Seven acres
B) Ten acres
C) Two acres
D) Five acres
  • 82. How did Harriet Tubman view the Emancipation Proclamation?
A) An unnecessary political distraction
B) A complete victory for abolition
C) A betrayal of enslaved people
D) A positive but incomplete step
  • 83. Who ordered Harriet Tubman's group of scouts in 1863?
A) Edwin Stanton
B) John Brown
C) Abraham Lincoln
D) Robert Gould Shaw
  • 84. Harriet Tubman provided intelligence that aided in the capture of which city?
A) Jacksonville, Florida
B) Beaufort, South Carolina
C) Charleston, South Carolina
D) Richmond, Virginia
  • 85. What song did Harriet Tubman sing to encourage people during the Combahee River Raid?
A) Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
B) Battle Hymn of the Republic
C) Uncle Sam's Farm
D) Follow the Drinking Gourd
  • 86. Whose last meal did Harriet Tubman reportedly serve before the assault on Fort Wagner?
A) Albert Bushnell Hart
B) James Montgomery
C) Edwin Stanton
D) Robert Gould Shaw
  • 87. How long did Tubman continue to nurse wounded soldiers after the Confederacy surrendered?
A) Several months
B) Two years
C) Five years
D) One week
  • 88. Who did Tubman marry in 1869?
A) Clinton D. MacDougall
B) Gerry W. Hazelton
C) Nelson Davis
D) Sereno E. Payne
  • 89. What was the name of the baby girl Tubman and her husband adopted in 1874?
A) Mary
B) Sarah
C) Gertie
D) Elizabeth
  • 90. Who wrote the authorized biography titled 'Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman'?
A) Nelson Davis
B) Clinton D. MacDougall
C) Gertie Davis
D) Sarah Hopkins Bradford
  • 91. What was actually inside the trunk the swindlers promised Tubman?
A) Rocks
B) Old clothes
C) Empty space
D) Gold coins
  • 92. What illness caused the death of Nelson Davis in 1888?
A) Pneumonia
B) Influenza
C) Tuberculosis
D) Heart failure
  • 93. What amount of monthly widow's pension was Tubman granted in 1895?
A) $25
B) $20
C) $12
D) $8
  • 94. What compromise pension amount did Congress approve for Tubman in 1899?
A) $12
B) $8
C) $20
D) $25
  • 95. What did Tubman have to sell to afford a train ticket to suffragist celebrations?
A) A cow
B) Her house
C) Her jewelry
D) A piece of land
  • 96. In what year did Tubman serve as the keynote speaker at the National Federation of Afro-American Women conference?
A) 1890
B) 1899
C) 1896
D) 1900
  • 97. What medical procedure did Tubman undergo at Massachusetts General Hospital?
A) Amputation
B) Skull surgery
C) Eye surgery
D) Dental surgery
  • 98. What did Tubman bite down on during her skull surgery?
A) A wooden stick
B) A leather strap
C) A bullet
D) A cloth bandage
  • 99. What was the cause of Harriet Tubman's death?
A) Infection
B) Pneumonia
C) Heart failure
D) Old age
  • 100. On what date did Harriet Tubman die?
A) January 1, 1913
B) June 23, 1908
C) March 10, 1913
D) March 10, 1911
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