Underground Railroad
Why was the network named Underground Rail Road?
Because it was a secret.
The U.S. Constitution has ___ words.
4,400
often stored things like letters and documents in his tall stove-piped hat.
Abraham Lincoln
This Person freed well over 2,000 slaves.
Harriet tubman
Patrick Henry was elected as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, but declined, because he ___
"smelt a rat."
was the first president to appear on television during a 1939 broadcast from the World's Fair.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
made it more difficult for slaves to escape
The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
Officially, the Continental Congress declared its freedom from Britain on
July 2, 1776
was blind in his left eye due to an injury in a boxing match
Teddy Roosevelt
any person who was caught helping a slave escape or offering shelter could be
sent to jail for 6 months or subjected to a $1,000 fine.
Constitution Day is celebrated on September ___ the anniversary of the day the framers signed the document.
17th
was shot by an assassin in 1981, he joked "I forgot to duck"
Ronald Reagan
He was the presidents of the Underground railroad, and viewed his home as Grand Station.
Levi Coffin
6 people signed the declaration were
Franklin, George Read, Roger Sherman, Robert Morris, George Clymer and James Wilson.
The "S" in Harry S. Truman stands for?
nothing.