URRWorksheet

The Underground Railroad Worksheet

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This activity will help you understand the Underground Railroad.

1. Go to Underground Railroad website (http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/99/railroad/j1.html) and follow the directions to experience the journey many slaves took. Then answer these questions:


 * What was the Underground Railroad?


 * Who traveled this path and why?


 * Why was the Underground Railroad so dangerous?


 * Why did the runaway slaves need to make it all the way to Canada?

2. If you had been a slave in the 1850s, would you have tried to escape on the Underground Railroad? Why or why not?

3. If you had been a person living along the path of the Underground Railroad, would you have allowed runaway slaves to hide on your property? Use the back of this sheet or a separate piece of paper to explain your reasoning.