History Chapter 1

What is a seigneur?

• A seigneur is a man in the upper class who gets paid more than everyone else.

• A seigneur is a landowner who owns a large area of land and lends out small parcels to farmers for their use.

• A seigneur is a person who does not own their own land and buys from other people who sell small pieces of their land.

What does it mean to "assimilate?"

• Assimilate means to adapt to the customs and attitudes of a group.

• Assimilate means to not adapt to the customs and attitudes of a group, and instead go against it.

• "Assimilate" is a word for a person who works and acts to end slavery.

What was the fugitive slave act?

• The Fugitive Slave Act gave slave owners the right to search for escapees and bring them back, even where slavery was illegal.

• The Fugitive Slave Act removed the right from slave owners to search for escapees and recapture them.

• The Fugitive Slave Act was the law that was passed to confirm that Slavery was abolished in the U.S.

What was the Underground Railroad?

• The Underground Railroad was a secret network of safe houses and people who hid slaves who managed to escape.

• The Underground Railroad was a railroad that was built underground between the U.S. and Britain to transport products and other goods.

• The Underground Railroad was a railroad that stretched out all across Canada, transporting products and other goods.

Who played a huge role in the Underground Railroad?

Who was Harriet Tubman?

• Harriet Tubman was a conductor in the Underground Railroad who helped hundreds of slaves get to freedom.

• Harriet Tubman was a slave catcher who was hired by slave owners to retrieve slaved who escaped.

• Harriet Tubman was the founder of the Orange Order.

TRUE OR FALSE: Harriet Tubman had escaped from slavery herself.

• True

• False

What were railway systems used for?

• Railway systems were used to transport crops and other products to ports for export.

• Railway systems were used as another method of transport in a city.

• Railway systems were used to help enslaved black slaved escape to freedom.

TRUE OR FALSE:

As railways expanded, more people began to visit cities such as Toronto and Brantford.

• False

• True

The construction of railways benefited many different groups of people. Name ONE.