Harriet Tubman and The South

Who was Harriet Tubman?

• Harriet Tubman was a person who was a teacher but managed to escape.

• Harriet Tubman was a person who was enslaved but managed to escape.

What is the name of the system  

    did she use it to escape? 

• She used a system that was called the Union spy.

• She used a system that was called the Underground Railroad.

What is the meaning of being enslaved?

• Being enslaved means being forced to work without getting paid and having freedom and fundamental human rights (such as proper food, water, and a safe place to live) taken away.

• Being enslaved means working without getting paid and having freedom and fundamental human rights (such as proper food, water, and a safe place to live) taken away.

Where was Harriet Tubman     

    born?

• Harriet Tubman was born around 1820. She was born on a plantation in Atlanta.

• Harriet Tubman was born around 1820. She was born on a plantation in Maryland.

What was the Underground  

    Railroad?

• It was a network of routes and buildings that were not safe for runaway

• It was a network of secret routes and houses that were safe for runaways.

Why did they call her Moses?

• Referring to Moses leading German people out of slavery in Egypt.

• Referring to Moses leading Jewish people out of slavery in Egypt.

What is a sharecropper?

• A farmer who earns money for the work that he does on the land.

• A farmer who works the land for the owner.

Modern Cities in the South?

• Farming continued, fishing industry, and the furniture industry.

• Cities served as centers for business, labor, and transportation. Cities near water grew faster because they offered to ship.

Natural Resources in the South?

• Farming continued, fishing industry, and the furniture industry.

• Business increased, they built a series of dams producing power for the area

Commerce in the South?

• Business increased, and they built a series of dams producing power for the area.

• Television shows, production companies, UPC barcodes, and LED lights.