What Was the Underground Railroad

question 18

Multiple Choice

What was the Underground Railroad?

• A) a train line that many white Southerners used when hunting for escaped slaves
• B) a formal network that helped return fugitive slaves to their masters
• C) an organization that helped fugitive slaves escape to Mexico
• D) an informal network of people that helped return fugitive slaves to their masters
• E) an informal network that helped fugitive slaves make their way to the North

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Quantity Demanded

The amount of a product that buyers are willing and able to purchase at a given price.

Excess Supply

The situation where the quantity of a good or service supplied exceeds the quantity demanded at the current price.

Price

is the amount of money required to purchase a good or service, serving as the exchange rate between money and the good or service.

Quantity Supplied

Quantity Supplied refers to the amount of a good or service that producers are willing and able to sell at a given price.