The Underground Railroad
In the phrase, "The Underground Railroad," the word UNDERGROUND means this.
Secret or hidden
Large farms known as plantations
South
This word means to leave or separate from another country.
Secede
This law made it illegal for anyone to help an escaped slave run away.
Fugitive Slave Law
A person who helped slaves on the Underground Railroad was called a____________.
Conductor
This famous Ohioan wrote a book that explained what life was like for slaves.
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Lots of manufacturing and factories
north
This was the first state to secede from the Union
South Carolina
This was a crop grown in the south on large plantations.
Cotton
Tobacco
Rice
Sugar Cane
Indigo
Station
Uncle Tom's Cabin
President Abraham Lincoln
North
What year did the southern states begin to secede?
1861
This person invented the cotton gin.
Eli Whitney
This famous Ohioan hoped to provide weapons to slaves so that they could fight for their freedom.
John Brown
Slavery
South
A war among people who live in the same country
a civil war
Harriet Tubman
What group of people were most likely to help runaway slaves along the Underground Railroad?
Freed slaves
This was the name of the arsenal where John Brown led a raid.
Harpers Ferry, Virginia
Smaller farms
North
The Confederate States of America
How did the cotton gin impact slavery in the south?
It increased the number of slaves used on cotton plantations.