Organize Your Work
You will now use "Organize It!" to outline your response to the question: How did Kentucky’s location and geography play an important role in slavery, fugitive slaves, and the Underground Railroad?
You can review your notes in “My Work” as well as any of the following videos and glossary terms:
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| Enter | Pause/Play video playback |
| m | Mute/Unmute video volume |
| Up and Down arrows | Increase and decrease volume by 10% |
| Right and Left arrows | Seek forward or backward by 5 seconds |
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| c | Press c to toggle captions on or off |
Glossary Terms:
| Keyboard Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| Space | Pause/Play video playback |
| Enter | Pause/Play video playback |
| m | Mute/Unmute video volume |
| Up and Down arrows | Increase and decrease volume by 10% |
| Right and Left arrows | Seek forward or backward by 5 seconds |
| 0-9 | Fast seek to x% of the video. |
| f | Enter or exit fullscreen. (Note: To exit fullscreen in flash press the Esc key. |
| c | Press c to toggle captions on or off |
Fugitive slave
Plantation
Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
Mississippi River
Riverboat/Steamboat
Ohio River
Organize your essay to include an introduction, a supporting paragraph, and a conclusion. Include at least three examples you learned from the reading passages, videos, and other lesson materials. Use these questions to help as you build your response:
- What was the Underground Railroad?
- What were border states vs. free states?
- What are the geographical features of Kentucky that helped fugitive slaves to escape to freedom?
Organize It!: Your work has been submitted.
Kentucky's Underground Railroad
