7_03jointheresistance

Student Name: __Greniesha Watts__________
Instructor: __Mr. Jones______________
Date: ___11/6/12_______________

1.      Statement: The cotton gin increased the spread of enslavement in the Southern United States.
Respondent answer: Fact / Fiction
Why was respondent correct or incorrect?
(Fill this in after the survey is finished. You should note why the statement is either fact or fiction.)
_FACT.____The cotton gin caused slave owners to depend even more on slaves_______________________________________________________________________
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2.      Statement:  Doing everything for they slave owners increased the risk of  running away and riots.
Respondent answer: Fact / Fiction
Why was respondent correct or incorrect?
_FICTION._______Having the ability to read or write increased the chances of slaves running away or having riots.____________________________________________________________________
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3.      Statement: Harriet Tubman is remembered for her bravery and toughness.
Respondent answer: Fact / Fiction
Why was respondent correct or incorrect?
_FACT.________Harriet Tubman escaped slavery and the Fugitive Slave Law was in effect so if she got caught she could’ve went back to being a slave and she returned to the south 19 times and helped about 300 slaves to freedom.___________________________________________________________________
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4.      Statement: Jonathan Walker was a famous Underground Railroad conductor
Respondent answer: Fact / Fiction
Why was respondent correct or incorrect?
_FACT.______Jonathan Walker transported escaped slaves to the Bahamas and freedom_____________________________________________________________________
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5.      Statement: Nothing happen to Jonathan Walker for transporting escaped slaves.
Respondent answer: Fact / Fiction
Why was respondent correct or incorrect?
___FICTION._________The U.S. marshals put him in jail________________________________________________________________
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6.      Statement: Margaret Garner and her family escaped slavery and later got caught. She knew they was going back to being slaves.
Respondent answer: Fact / Fiction
Why was respondent correct or incorrect?
___FACT._________Just not to go back to slavery,_Margaret murdered her youngest child and the police got her before she killed the other three and herself. _______________________________________________________________
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7.      Statement: Escape slaves had no where to go.
Respondent answer: Fact / Fiction
Why was respondent correct or incorrect?
_FICTION._______________Levi Coffin and his wife hid slaves in their home and gave them food, a place to rest and clothes. ____________________________________________________________
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8.      Statement: Frederick Douglass escaped slavery
Respondent answer: Fact / Fiction
Why was respondent correct or incorrect?
_FACT.__________Frederick disguised himself as a sailor and escaped to freedom._________________________________________________________________
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9.      Statement: After slaves ran away they owners didn’t look for them.
Respondent answer: Fact / Fiction
Why was respondent correct or incorrect?
___FICTION._________Slave owners posted advertisements in newspapers looking for the people they enslaved.________________________________________________________________
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10.  Statement: Everybody didn’t support slavery
Respondent answer: Fact / Fiction
Why was respondent correct or incorrect?
__FACT.___________Religious and political leaders said slavery was evil and violated christian values._______________________________________________________________
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