Harriet Tubman

Which of these sentence from the selection support the main idea?

• "Many of them were never taught to read and write."

• Harriet led about three hundred slaves north to freedom. Nothing was more important to her than helping others to become free.

• "For the rest of her life she had headaches and sleeping spells because of her injury.".

• The Crafts traveled by train and steamship, and reached Philadelphia by December 25,1848

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What was the system of safe houses for escaping slaves called?

• Abolitionists

• Warehouses

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Underground Railroad

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How was Harriet's life as a free woman different than her life as a slave?

• She had to work on a plantation

• She was paid for her work

• She was forced to do hard labor

• All of the above

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How did Harriet Tubman come into slavery?

• She was born into it.

• She was brought into it from Africa.

• She was captured by slave owners.

• None of the above.

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How did Harriet Tubman use her hard-earned money to help slaves escape?

• She wanted the slaves to help her work.

• She knew that owning human beings was unjust.

• She didn't want to put her money in a bank.

• All of the above.

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How did Harriet avoid being caught by slave owners, even though there was a large reward for her?

• She was so clever about disguises.

• She knew to trick people who were looking for her.

• She hired men to rip down the wanted posters.

• All of the above.

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Why did Harriet Tubman want to move to the North.

• She wanted to be a nurse

• She had relatives there

• She would be free there

• All the above

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What is the meaning of the word Abolitionist as it is used in the selection.

• A person who was against slavery

• A person who has escaped slavery

• A person who tried to keep slavery going

• A person who went to Africa to capture slaves

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What is the main idea of the selection?

• Former slaves did not make much money in the North

• Harriet Tubman was known as a master of disguise.

• People working with freed slaves often used code words.

• Harriet Tubman dedicated her life to becoming free, and then fighting to free others.

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How was Harriet Tubman compared to Moses?

• She was a master of disguise

• She helped her parents

• She led people to freedom

• She lived to a very old age

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