Period 5, Day 2: The Underground Railroad & the Fugitive Slave Act

Instructions

Content Objective: I will be able to explain the connection between the Underground Railroad and the Fugitive Slave Act.

Standard Objective: I will be able to identify explicitly stated relationships between groups and events, (e.g., cause-effect).

Absent? Just want to review the guided notes? Slides are linked here.

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Warm Up: Please rate how well you understood last night's pre-work on a scale from 1 to 4. If you have any questions, drop them in the "Show Your Work" area.

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Warm Up: Have you ever followed a rule that you don't believe in? Explain why or why not.

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The Underground Railroad was not actually underground. Rather, the name comes from the idea that it was not openly publicized. It was a _______  network of safe houses and routes of travel established in the U.S. during the early to mid-19th century. African American slaves used this network to flee to free states, Canada and Nova Scotia where they could escape captivity. Some routes also led to Mexico or overseas where slavery was _______ . Although slaveowners were white, not every white person agreed with the practice. Some of the abolitionists and their supporters were white. The term _______  refers to everyone who aided the fugitive slaves in their escape efforts.

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A series of symbols was developed as a _______  to fleeing slaves so they would be aware of their surroundings.

Typically, the abolitionists involved in the Underground Railroad were privy to the operation only to the extent that they were _______. Not many of the activists involved knew the entire inner workings of the network. It was far too risky. If one of them had been caught and made to talk, it could have _______  the entire effort.

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Prior to the Underground Railroad, slaves would make their own attempts at freedom. Even after the _______  was developed, runaways were on their own until certain points North where it was safer for a station to exist. This led to further rising _______  between Northern and Southern states. Consequently, the Fugitive Slave Act of 1793 was enacted to _______  Northerners to return runaway slaves to the South. This act had bounty hunters coming out of the woodwork trying to cash in on the action.

In order to help one another, enslaved people on plantations sang _______ , which are different from hymns and psalms sung in church. While white plantation owners were content thinking that their slaves were happy and singing in the fields, these lyrics actually served a _______  purpose that was separate from chronicling the harsh condition of being a slave. 

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Can you decode the "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" spiritual? Try it out!

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
If you get there before I do, tell all my friends I’m coming too		Come into slaveholding states
Sweet chariot,		The Underground Railroad
A band of angels coming after me		Take me to freedom in the Northern States or Canada
But still my soul feels heavenly bound		I looked over the Mississippi or Ohio River, and what did I see?
Comin' for to carry me home...		Workers on the Underground Railroad coming to help me
I looked over Jordan, and what did I see?		If I have escaped friends or family, please tell them my escape plan
I’m sometimes up, I’m sometimes down		I have good days and bad days
Swing low		But I know I will soon escape North on the Underground Railroad

Exit Ticket: The runaway slaves who were able to escape on the Underground Railroad fled to Northern states, which raised many legal questions as the North and South would fight over slavery. Please read the following AP excerpt and answer #7-8 on your own (Mastery, 80%)

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Exit Ticket: Which of the following statement about the Dred Scott decision is correct?

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Period 5, Day 2: The Underground Railroad & the Fugitive Slave Act

Warm Up: Please rate how well you understood last night's pre-work on a scale from 1 to 4. If you have any questions, drop them in the "Show Your Work" area.

Warm Up: Have you ever followed a rule that you don't believe in? Explain why or why not.

Can you decode the "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" spiritual? Try it out!

Exit Ticket: The runaway slaves who were able to escape on the Underground Railroad fled to Northern states, which raised many legal questions as the North and South would fight over slavery. Please read the following AP excerpt and answer #7-8 on your own (Mastery, 80%)

Exit Ticket: Which of the following statement about the Dred Scott decision is correct?

Exit Ticket: Please evaluate how well you understood today’s lesson on a scale from 1 to 4:

Warm Up: Please rate how well you understood last night's pre-work on a scale from 1 to 4. If you have any questions, drop them in the "Show Your Work" area.

Warm Up: Have you ever followed a rule that you don't believe in? Explain why or why not.

Can you decode the "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" spiritual? Try it out!

Exit Ticket: The runaway slaves who were able to escape on the Underground Railroad fled to Northern states, which raised many legal questions as the North and South would fight over slavery. Please read the following AP excerpt and answer #7-8 on your own (Mastery, 80%)

Exit Ticket: Which of the following most likely supported the ideas expressed in the excerpt?

Exit Ticket: Which of the following statement about the Dred Scott decision is correct?

Exit Ticket: Please evaluate how well you understood today’s lesson on a scale from 1 to 4:

Exit Ticket: Which of the following most likely supported the ideas expressed in the excerpt?