The Triangular Trade of Slavery
Harriet Tubman, UGRR Leader
The Underground Railroad
The Civil War
100

What ocean was involved in the triangular trade?

the Atlantic Ocean

100

What kind of house was Harriet Tubman born in?

a cabin

She was born in a cabin.

100

What did a "conductor" on the Underground Railroad do?

They led enslaved people to freedom.


They helped others escape slavery.

100
Name the two sides in the Civil War.

The North and the South

200

What 2 continents and 1 region were involved in the triangular trade?

Africa, the Caribbean and the Americas

200

Who was Harriet Tubman? Answer in 2 or 3 words that all start with the same letter.

An American abolitionist


Tubman was an American abolitionist.

200

Who was the most famous "conductor" on the Underground Railroad?

Harriet Tubman

200

The United States has become a very divided country. Some people try to say that the Civil War was only about economics, but history shows that is false. What was it really about?

Slavery
300

Who suffered and who benefitted from the triangular trade?

Black African people suffered. White European people and colonists benefited.

300

Where was the last house that Harriet Tubman lived in?

Upstate New York


Auburn, New York (about 4 hours from Buffalo/Niagara Falls)

300

What did a "station" look like on the Underground Railroad?

Stations were safehouses, places where abolitionists let people hide while they were escaping from slavery.

Stations looked like regular houses and... what does Escape North say?

300

Connect economics to slavery. Give a specific example.

Enslaved people did hard work for long hours with no pay, in terrible conditions. Corn farmers, tobacco farmers and other could make higher profits with free labor.

400

What was bought and sold as part of the triangular trade? 

Human beings, sugar, rum, what else?

400

Why should we honor Harriet Tubman by putting her image on the $20 bill? Give at least 2 reasons, based on Escape North and the Newsela article.

Tubman helped at least 200 (?) people escape slavery. She is an important part of American history. Right now, our paper money only shows white men. Our history is more diverse than that. 

400

In what general direction did the Underground Railroad run?

North

400

Of all the wars that the United States has fought in, the Civil War is still the deadliest. Why did so many people die? Give at least 2 reasons

weapons

bad infection control during surgery and treating wounds

limited sanitation

diseases (spreading among soldiers)

500

What evidence of the triangular trade can we see today?

Black people in the Caribbean and the Americas.

Generations of trauma from slavery.

What else?


500

What were some of the ways that Tubman found her way, long before GPS? Name at least 2.

She used the North star to guide her, and she looked for quilts and other symbols of safe houses.

500

LaGuardia Community College is in Long Island City, Queens. From there, where is the closest station on the Underground Railroad?

Downtown Brooklyn?

Chelsea?

Look for the other 4-5 sites in NYC

500
Who won the war? What important document did Lincoln sign? How long did it take for all the enslaved people to learn the good news

The North (the Union)

The Emancipation Proclamation in 1863

It took more than 2 years, until June 19, 1866