Students: Harriet Tubman cartoon
Notes for this week's quiz:
Industrial Revolution
-roads were built
-canals were made
-railroads were made
These methods of transportation made it easier to get to the west. It also made it easier, faster, and cheaper to transport goods.
Inventions
steam engine: the steam engine went on steamboats and the steam locomotive
telegraph: people could send messages very quickly over long distances
Samuel F. B. Morse: invented the telegraph
Robert Fulton: he made the first successful steamboat trip on the Clermont
Slavery
Abolitionists: people who wanted to end slavery immediately
Underground Railroad: secret network of safe houses set up by the abolitionists to help slaves escape the South to free territory
Harriet Tubman:
-escaped slavery in Maryland
-conductor for the underground railroad
-took 19 trips to help over 300 slaves escape
-called "Black Moses"
Suffrage
What does it mean? the right to vote
Elizabeth Cady Stanton:
-fought for women's rights
-held meeting at Seneca Falls Convention to make a declaration for women's rights
Sojourner Truth:
-former slave
-was an abolitionists and fought for women's rights
-wrote a famous speech called "Ain't I a Woman?" about women's rights and slavery
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