Harriet Tubman

What is the main idea of the passage?

• Harriet Tubman experienced harsh treatment as a child.

• Harriet Tubman was an escaped slave who helped many other slaves escape through the use of the Underground Railroad.

• Harriet Tubman was a slave.

• Harriet Tubman helped people.

Where and when was Harriet Tubman born?

• Harriet Tubman was born in Maryland in about 1842.

• Harriet Tubman was born in Pennsylvania in about 1822.

• Harriet Tubman was born in Maryland in about 1822.

• Harriet Tubman was born in Maryland in about 1862.

What was the Underground Railroad?

• The Underground Railroad is a group of people who worked together to help slaves escape to freedom.

• The Underground Railroad is a secret tunnel system where slaves escape to freedom.

• A secret train that took slaves to freedom.

• A railroad system built underground

What is the name of the act that was passed saying enslaved people had to go all the way to Canada in order to gain freedom?

• The Recapture Act

• The Canada/ USA Agreement

• The Canada Passage Act

• The act is called the Fugitive Slave Act.

What guided Harriet Tubman while traveling at night?

• Harriet Tubman used the Little Dipper to guide her at night.

• Harriet Tubman used the Big Dipper to guide her at night.

• Harriet Tubman used the North Star to guide her at night.

• Harriet Tubman used the moon to guide her at night.