2. Which of the following was a good reason for slaves to try to escape in winter? there were less bounty hunters searching in the winter the snow made the roads less bumpy there was less vines in which to get caught runaways could throw snowballs at anyone chasing them
3. What was a Station? a place trains stopped to pick up runaway slaves a trap set by bounty hunters a song about Canada a safe house for runaway slaves
4. What is the Drinking Gourd? a drunk bounty hunter the Big Dipper a legend a tavern safe house
5. What was the code for Canada? heaven north country drinking gourd all of the above
6. Why would runaway slaves "Follow the Drinking Gourd"? the Drinking Gourd River led to Canada the Drinking Gourd Trail led to Canada the Drinking Gourd star pointed to the east by following the Drinking Gourd slaves would find their ways to freedom
7. Why were slaves free in Canada? in 1833, King William IV of Briton agreed to a bill that ended slavery in Canada slaves could buy Freedom Papgers for $20 Canadians hated plantation owners all of the above
8. What happened in 1850 that allowed bounty hunters to chase fugitive slaves into free states? Abraham Lincoln was elected president the Civil War started Harriet Tubman was captured the Fugitive Slave Act became law
9. What was Harriet Tubman's nickname? Conductor Moses the Freedom Lady Angel
10. What was the Underground Railroad? a subway system a spy network during the Civil War a railroad that ran at night an organized group of people that assisted fugitive slaves find their way north to freedom
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