Harriet Tubman Chp. 2 (H)

What words in the story tell what a plantation is?

Harriet worked on a plantation with other enslaved people.  A plantation is like a big farm.  The enslaved people on this plantation grew corn and wheat.

• enslaved people

• grew corn and wheat

• a big farm

What caused the plantation to not make any money?

• the owner died

• all of the slaves ran away

• there was a drought

What was the effect of the owner dying and the plantation not making money?

• the owner's wife was going to sell the enslaved people

• the owner's wife had a party

• the owner's wife ran away

Who did Harriet convince to run away with her?

• her husband

• her daughters

• her brothers

Why did Harriet go back the first night?

• She missed her husband.

• Her brothers were afraid and made Harriet go back with them.

• Harriet was afraid.

When Harriet escaped by herself, she didn't have a map. What did she use to guide her in the right direction?

• a compass

• a piece of paper

• the North Star

How did people help Harriet run away?

• They hid her in the daytime and showed her which way to go at night.

• They gave her money.

• They gave her a map.

The story says:

"Along the way, many people helped Harriet. In the daytime, they hid her. At night, they showed her which way to go. These people called themselves abolitionists. The word abolish means to end something."

Using clues from the story, what does the word abolitionist mean?

• Someone who wants to keep slavery.

• Someone who starts slavery.

• Someone who wants to end slavery.

What was the Underground Railroad?

• the name people used for helping enslaved people escape to freedom

• a real railroad

• a tunnel

What city (where) did Harriet go to become free?

• New York City

• Washington DC

• Philadelphia