Harriet Tubman

Where was Harriet Tubman born?

• Maryland

• Texas

• New Jersey

• Georgia

How did the expansion of cotton fields in the deep South affect young slaves on the Eastern Shore?

• It didn't affect them at all.

• Pressure was put on Maryland to provide young slaves to work in the cotton fields and many of them had to leave their families.

• Things got better for slaves with the expansion of cotton fields.

• Many young slaves rebelled and were captured.

How old was Harriet when she escaped slavery?

• When she was about 5 years old.

• She never escaped slavery.

• When she was about 27 years old.

• When she was 90 years old.

Why did the Underground Railroad run all the way to Canada and not simply stop in the Northern free states?

• Due to the Fugitive Slave Act, which offered Northerners lots of money to turn in slaves.

• Many slaves preferred Canada to the United Slaves.

• The Underground Railroad didn't run all the way to Canada.

• Due to the Fugitive Slave Act, which required Northerners to bring escaped slaves back to their owners.

What was the Underground Railroad?

• A super fast subway.

• Literally a railroad that is underground.

• A secret network that helped slaves escape from the South to Canada.

• A place where slavemasters gathered to discuss the benefits of slavery.

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