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Unit 3 – TAKEAWAY sheets – Activity 4-5

Answer the following questions as you READ through the activities in the content

Activity 4: Slavery
Part A: Slavery: Two Views - This section will help you become more
familiar with the experience of slavery and the lives of slaves in America
during the pre-Civil War era.

1. The Anti-Slavery View:

▪ Who said "There can be No Morally Right Connection with One Man's
Making a Slave of Another"?

▪ Define despotism?

o How was this concept around during slavery times?

▪ T/F - Slavery was a legal institution in America for more than 300 years.

▪ T/F – Slavery increased profitability for plantations of the South.

▪ T/F – The majority of slaves had long life expectancies.

▪ Describe the life and treatment of the average slave in the pre-Civil War era.

2. The Pro-Slavery View:

▪ Why was the institution of slavery morally justified by southern white citizens?
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Part B: The Experience of Slavery

Activity #1: The History of Slavery and the Underground Railway
To understand the institution of slavery it is important that you learn about the history of slavery in
the USA and about the Underground Railroad

History of Slavery in the USA. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beTd8RW0ozg&t=9s

Watch the video above and answer the following questions:
1. What brought about the Underground Railway?
2. T/F – Slavery was first experienced in the USA.
3. How long did slavery exist in the USA?
4. Where and when did slavery start in the USA?
5. How many slaves escaped through the Underground Railroad?
6. T/F – It was illegal for a slave to read or write.
7. T/F – Only black people ran the Underground Railroad.
8. T/F – The underground railroad utilized old ghost train stations to operate.

9. Distinguish between the following roles in the underground railroad:

a. Conductors:
b. Agents:
c. Cargo:
d. Stations:
e. Station Masters:

10. T/F – Once slaves made it to the north they were free.

11. T/F – Canada was often called the Promised Land by slaves in the south

12. Harriet Tubman

a. Who was Harriet Tubman?
b. Why was she so important to the Underground Railway?
c. According to the video how many trips did she take to the South?
d. T/F – Harriet Tubman was a conductor in the Underground Railway
e. What was her nickname?

13. Which amendment was passed in the USA to abolish slavery?

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Activity #2: Daring Escapes

▪ Read the 5 stories of Daring escapes of slaves before the Civil War found @
https://www.history.com/news/5-daring-slave-escapes and complete the table below to
summarize what you learned – this will be included on the next Test.

Story #1
WHO? Nickname:
HOW he
escaped?
Other info?
Story #2
WHO?
HOW he
escaped?
Other info?
Story #3
WHO?
HOW he
escaped?
Other info?
Story #4
WHO?
HOW she
escaped?
Other info?
Story #2
WHO?
HOW they
escaped?
Other info?

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Activity #3: Famous Abolitionists

▪ Who were some famous Abolitionists and what are they most known for?? Use the
following website to complete the table below. This will be included on the next test.
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/abolitionists-films-principal-characters/

Abolitionist Accomplishment / What they are known for?

Can you find any others???

▪ Strategies of Abolitionists
How did the Abolitionists succeed? Using the following website, make a list of what strategies
were used.
https://rmc.library.cornell.edu/abolitionism/strategies.htm#:~:text=Activists%20used%20the%20press%20to,es
says%2C%20sermons%2C%20and%20songs.

Key Points:
▪ Who began to Oppose slavery within America due to moral reasons?

▪ What was the name of the secret organization established to support the abolition movement?

KEYTERMS – Be able to define the following:

▪ Emancipation
▪ Abolition
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Activity 5: The Battles of the Civil War

Introduction
▪ The American Civil War (18___ - 18___) was fought between the __________________________
of America, formed by the _____ Southern states that had seceded from the United States, and
the ________________ states (the _________________) that were not part of the ____________
Confederacy.
▪ _____ percent of the population were casualties of the Civil War

▪ T/F - In order to emerge as one great nation the United States of America, it literally had to tear
itself in two during this period.

▪ THREE accomplishments from the Civil War were:

▪ modern methods of warfare utilized many new things in Civil War battles. These included:

▪ T/F - The worst battles in American history were fought in the Civil War.

▪ YOU DECIDE: The Civil War is the A: bloodiest/ B: calmest conflict in U.S. history

▪ T/F – The American Civil War was the first modern war.

Part #1: The Great Battles of the Civil War

The First Battle of Bull Run or Manassas (1861)
▪ won by the __________ thanks to _____________________________

Shiloh (1862)
▪ won by the _______________

▪ T/F - More men died at Shiloh than in all previous American wars combined.

▪ Also called the Battle of __________________________ by some

Antietam (1862)
▪ won by the __________
▪ considered the _____________________ day in American history.
▪ Also called the Battle of __________________________ by some

Gettysburg (1863)
▪ won by the ______________
▪ T/F - Confederate forces entered Gettysburg in search of shoes.
▪ T/F – Gettysburg was the last time the South invaded the North.

▪ T/F – Both the North and the South referred to the battles by the same names.
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Part 2: Canadians in the Civil War

▪ T/F Canadians fought with both the Union forces and the Confederate forces.

▪ Officially, Canada was _____________, but they still fought in the Civil War

▪ T/F – Some Canadians fought in the Civil War because they were offered money.

▪ Define Crimping:

▪ T/F – Reading Uncle Tom's Cabin inspired many Canadians to fight in the Civil War.