Studies Weekly Week 22

Harriet Tubman

• a former slave who learned to read and write and used his knowledge to try to free other slaves

• leader during the Civil War who rescued more than 300 people on the Underground Railroad

• created a newspaper called The Liberator

• a former slave and the first black woman to win a court case against a white man

Sojourner Truth

• a former slave who learned to read and write and used his knowledge to try to free other slaves

• leader during the Civil War who rescued more than 300 people on the Underground Railroad

• created a newspaper called The Liberator

• a former slave and the first black woman to win a court case against a white man

Frederick Douglass

• a former slave who learned to read and write and used his knowledge to try to free other slaves

• leader during the Civil War who rescued more than 300 people on the Underground Railroad

• created a newspaper called The Liberator

• a former slave and the first black woman to win a court case against a white man

William Lloyd Garrison

• a former slave who learned to read and write and used his knowledge to try to free other slaves

• leader during the Civil War who rescued more than 300 people on the Underground Railroad

• created a newspaper called The Liberator

• a former slave and the first black woman to win a court case against a white man

A famous novel called ______ _________ _________ written by Harriet Beecher Stowe became famous during the Civil Right movement. It followed the life of an enslaved man.

• Uncle Walt's Adventure

• Uncle Harry's Journey

• Uncle Tom's Cabin

The main character in Uncle Tom's Cabin ________ a lot in the book and it depicted what life was really like for slaves.

• suffered

• learned

• explored

Uncle Tom's Cabin made many readers angry and made them want to fight for the _______ of slaves.

• memories

• emancipation

• anticipation

Match the following Underground Railroad term to its correct definition:

conductors

• people who financed the Underground Railroad

• places such as churches, homes or schools where runaway slaves spent the night

• people who led the escaping slaves from place to place

• helpers who owned the places runaway slaves stayed

Match the following Underground Railroad term to its correct definition:

stations

• people who financed the Underground Railroad

• places such as churches, homes or schools where runaway slaves spent the night

• people who led the escaping slaves from place to place

• helpers who owned the places runaway slaves stayed

Match the following Underground Railroad term to its correct definition:

shareholders

• people who financed the Underground Railroad

• places such as churches, homes or schools where runaway slaves spent the night

• people who led the escaping slaves from place to place

• helpers who owned the places runaway slaves stayed