Harriett Tubman Vocabulary MSB

Harriet Tubman was a ​ (a)   ​ because she refused to obey the law that allowed people to own slaves; and, later in her life, she became a ​ ​ (b)   when she fought for women's rights.

• rebel
• suffragist
• abolitionist
• overseer

The high ranking ​ (a)   in the Union Army asked Harriet to lead a raid.

• general
• minister
• suffragist
• rebel

Slaves were constantly being watched by ​​ (a)   as they gathered crops on the ​ (b)  

• overseers
• plantation
• land
• landation
• general

Just like the ones who guide trains down the railroad tracks, Harriett Tubman was known as a ​ (a)   that guided slaves to freedom on the ​ (b)   .

• conductor
• Underground Rairoad
• suffragist
• Underground Train Station

In the U.S. ​ (a)   the North (known as ​ (b)   ) fought against the south.

• Civil War
• The Union
• Simple War
• The general

The Underground Railroad was a path to follow for slaves seeking freedom and the path often led them through ​ (a)   which were very wet and squishy.

• swamps
• wetlands
• dampers
• chomps

Harriet's ​ (a)   meant that she could understand dangers that were not clearly seen, and her ​ (b)   helped over 300 slaves to keep going even though it was a hard journey.

• intellect
• perseverance
• severence
• smartness

Because slavery was so unfair and cruel, Harriett Tubman decided she MUST fight against the ​ (a)   .

• injustice
• rebels
• civil war

Owning people to use them as workers and holding them against their will was such a terrible practice that many slaves dreamed of a day when ​ (a)   would be against the law.

• slavery
• civil war
• The Underground Railroad

When Harriet was old and thin and frail, she was just a (a)   of a woman.

• wisp
• slice
• portion