Slavery and Abolition

Grade 5 Social Studies Worksheet - Building Confidence

Read each fact. Circle the group it belongs to.

1. 1.

   The Thirteenth Amendment ended slavery in the United States.

   • life under slavery
   • fighting against slavery
   • the end of slavery
2. 2.

   African American soldiers joined the Union army.

   • life under slavery
   • fighting against slavery
   • the end of slavery
3. 3.

   Slave auctions took place in many Southern towns.

   • life under slavery
   • fighting against slavery
   • the end of slavery
4. 4.

   The Underground Railroad was a network of safe houses and routes.

   • life under slavery
   • fighting against slavery
   • the end of slavery
5. 5.

   Conductors helped people on the Underground Railroad.

   • life under slavery
   • fighting against slavery
   • the end of slavery
6. 6.

   Many newly freed people searched for family members who had been sold.

   • life under slavery
   • fighting against slavery
   • the end of slavery
7. 7.

   The Fifteenth Amendment gave Black men the right to vote.

   • life under slavery
   • fighting against slavery
   • the end of slavery
8. 8.

   Enslaved people sometimes learned to read in secret.

   • life under slavery
   • fighting against slavery
   • the end of slavery
9. 9.

   Some people reached Canada, where slavery was not allowed.

   • life under slavery
   • fighting against slavery
   • the end of slavery
10. 10.

    Congress passed the Thirteenth Amendment in 1865.

    • life under slavery
    • fighting against slavery
    • the end of slavery