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Name Class Date The Underground Railroad Beginning in the 1830s, the Underground Railroad carried many slaves to freedom. It was not a real railroad, but a network of people who were opposed to slavery. Those who were part of this network provided shel- ter and transportation to escaped slaves who were traveling on various routes that led to the northern free states or to Canada. Study the map below and use it to answer the questions that follow. MAP ACTIVITY 1. Circle the Underground Railroad route that began farthest south. 2. Use a bright color to trace the Underground Railroad routes that crossed an ocean. 3. Use another bright color to trace the Underground Railroad route that crossed two of the Great Lakes. 4. Trace the two Underground Railroad routes that ended in Canada. New Movements in America History and Geography Savannah AR LA MS AL GA TN KY VA OH IN PA NY ME MD DE NJ CT RI MA NH VT MI MO IA IL WI FL SC NC Ohio Mississippi River River L a k e M i c h i g a n L a k e S u p erior L a k e H u r o n Lake Erie Lake Ontario Gulf of Mexico ATLANTIC OCEAN CANADA Charleston Baltimore Boston Brooklyn Chicago Detroit Cincinnati Evansville Cairo New Orleans Baton Rouge Montgomery Atlanta St. Louis Erie Niagara Falls Collingwood Montreal New York City Washington, D.C. 70°W 40°N 30°N 80°W N S W E Copyright © by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. All rights reserved. 29 New Movements in America Free states Slave states 0 75 150 Miles 0 75 150 Kilometers Routes of the Underground Railroad

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Name Class Date

The Underground RailroadBeginning in the 1830s, the Underground Railroad carried many slaves

to freedom. It was not a real railroad, but a network of people who were

opposed to slavery. Those who were part of this network provided shel-

ter and transportation to escaped slaves who were traveling on various

routes that led to the northern free states or to Canada. Study the map

below and use it to answer the questions that follow.

MAP ACTIVITY

1. Circle the Underground Railroad route that began farthest south.

2. Use a bright color to trace the Underground Railroad routes that crossed an ocean.

3. Use another bright color to trace the Underground Railroad route that crossed

two of the Great Lakes.

4. Trace the two Underground Railroad routes that ended in Canada.

New Movements in America History and Geography

Savannah

AR

LA

MS

AL

GA

TN

KY

VA

OH

IN

PA

NY

ME

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CT

RI

MA

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MI

MO

IA

IL

WI

FL

SC

NC

Ohio

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Lake Superior

LakeHuron

LakeErie

Lake Ontario

Gulf of Mexico

ATLANTIC

OCEAN

CANADA

Charleston

Baltimore

Boston

Brooklyn

Chicago

Detroit

Cincinnati

Evansville

Cairo

New OrleansBaton Rouge

Montgomery

Atlanta

St. Louis

Erie

Niagara Falls

Collingwood

Montreal

New YorkCity

Washington, D.C.

70°W

40°N

30°N

80°W

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W

E

Copyright © by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. All rights reserved.

29 New Movements in America

Free states Slave states

0 75 150 Miles

0 75 150 Kilometers

Routes of theUnderground Railroad

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5. Underline the city that was the arrival point of two different Underground

Railroad routes.

6. Update the map legend to reflect the colors you added to the map.

ANALYZING MAPS

1. Location Which Underground Railroad destination was located farthest north?

2. Place What do most of the cities that were Underground Railroad destinations

have in common?

3. Movement About how far did escaped slaves have to travel on the route from

Kentucky to Detroit?

4. Making Inferences Find the Underground Railroad route from Charleston to

Boston. What can you infer about how escaped slaves traveled this route?

5. Drawing Conclusions Why did many of the Underground Railroad routes start

close to the borders of northern states?

The Underground Railroad, continued History and Geography

Copyright © by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. All rights reserved.

30 New Movements in America