Vocabulary
This word means being free and not controlled by others.
Freedom
She was the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad.
Harriet Tubman
What does the author describe in the text?
How the Underground Railroad functioned.
This word means something that belongs to someone.
Property
These people helped guide enslaved people to freedom.
Conductors
According to the text, what helped show Black men and Women the way from the slavery of the southern U.S. to freedom in Northern U.S.?
The Underground Railroad
This word means to catch someone who is trying to escape.
Capture
These people risked their lives by hiding enslaved people in their homes.
abolitionists / helpers on the Underground Railroad
Based on the text, how could the Underground Railroad best be described?
Dangerous and Difficult
This word means a group of connected parts working together.
System
This person worked as a nurse and spy for the Union Army during the Civil War.
Harriet Tubman
According to the text, what was the guide to freedom for people escaping slavery before reaching their first house?
The North Star was their only guide to freedom.
This vocabulary word best describes how enslaved people felt when they reached the North.
Freedom
This group of people tried to capture escaping enslaved people and return them.
slave catchers / Southern authorities
Based on the text, how would an enslaved Black person become free by going through the Underground Railroad? Use evidence from the text to support your answer.
enslaved Black people would first need to go north by following the North Star. Eventually, they will make their way to their first stop. People would hide them in their homes or farms, and then the people would tell the enslaved people about the next stop, or station, on the Underground Railroad. The enslaved people may make more stops along the way until they reach freedom in the North.