Underground Railroad
This name was given to people who guided escaping enslaved people from safe house to safe house
What is a Conductor?
What is an abolitionist?
Frederick Douglass learned how to read and write using this method
He was self taught and got help from Mrs. Auld
Sojourner was a major supporter of these two movements
What is the abolitionist and women's activist movement?
The coded reference for the Big Dipper is this
What is the Drinking Gourd?
Stations on the Underground Railroad did not have trains but had these instead
What is a safe house where fugitives hid or stayed?
William Lloyd Garrison wrote this newspaper
What is the Liberator?
The way that Fredrick Douglass was able to give more attention to the abolitionist movement was by doing this
The name of the poem that Truth used to argue women are not weaker than men was named this
What is "Ain't I a Woman"?
The two teams in the 2026 NBA Finals are these two
Who are the Spurs and the Knicks?
It was called the "Underground Railroad" because of this. (explain "underground" and "railroad")
What is "Underground" for secrecy/illegal network; "railroad" used railroad terminology—stations, conductors—to describe organized routes)
This book humanized enslaved people and raised Northern opposition to slavery
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin?
The anti-slavery newspaper Douglass published was called this
It is widely accepted that she had this many kids
There are this many planets in our solar system
What is 8
These are two ways escaped slaves signaled that a house was safe for fugitives
What is coded lyrics, quilts with specific patterns, lanterns in windows?
The Cotton Gin had these direct consequences
What is it made short-staple cotton profitable, increasing demand for land and enslaved labor, and expanding slavery?
The widespread untrue rumor that was said about Douglass was this
What is he wasn't a slave?
The trip that Native Americans took across the country against their will during Jackson's presidency was known as this
What is the Trail of Tears?
The name of the monster from Season 1 of Stranger Things is this
What is the Demogorgon?
This place was often described as the final destination for many escaping enslaved persons, known as the Promised Land
What is Canada?
The reason why the North and South were connected despite political differences over slavery is because this
The North relied on Southern cotton and raw materials; financiers, shipping, and textile mills in the North profited from the slave-based cotton economy
This "radical" abolitionist used violence to get his point across, unlike Mr. Douglass
Explain how Truth connected enslaved peoples struggles to womens struggles
She compares the physical labor, lack of legal rights, and injustices experienced by enslaved people to those faced by women, arguing both need equal rights and recognition
There are this many stripes on the American flag