Lesson 5
Name the vocabulary word:
a person who believed slavery was wrong & should be ended
abolitionist
In this place where people traveled, it was a secret mission and they needed to hide their plans from outsiders. What was this called?
Underground Railroad
Name the vocabulary word:
a person who flees or has escaped
fugitive
Who risked their life to help others escape from the North?
Harriet Tubman
Read the lifestyle and view below from Economies of the North and South:
-more agricultural
-bought more European goods
-wanted states to have more authority
Who had this view?
Southerners
Which events led the US to gain new territories in 1849?
discovery of gold, winning the Mexican War
Read the lifestyle and view below from Economies of the North and South:
-more industrial
-wanted the Federal gov't to have more authority
Who had this view?
Northerners
Name different ways to show how people worked to end slavery.
printed newspapers, spoke publicly, and former enslaved persons wrote about their experiences