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Answer Keys Book Three Unit 2 Content Questions Because she thought her great-great-grandfather was a heroic civil rights fighter and never gave up struggle for freedom. Because this is a place where many escaped slaves taking the Underground Railroad were finally saved by Henson. The Underground Railroad was a secret web of escaped routes and safe houses through which slaves in large numbers, with the help of lots of courageous people, fled to the North and obtained freedom. The author wanted to help the Americans remember those heroes. He saved enough money by working in iron molding on the side to buy his freedom. Because he helped the slaves escape. Because he was driven by religious conviction. Coffin received frequent death threats and warnings that his store and home would be burned. They had travel hundreds of miles through unknown country with no road sign and few maps, usually under cover of night. Because slavery had been abolished there in 1833, and Canadian authorities encouraged the runaways to settle their virgin land. Because he heard alarming news: the new master was planning to sell him for plantation work in the Deep South. The Slave would be separated forever from his family. In Cincinnati the members of the Underground Railroad provided for their welfare, and set them thirty miles on their way by wagon. In Buffalo, N.Y. a friendly captain gave Henson a dollar and arranged for a boat, which carried them to Canada. Language Sense Enhancement 1. 1 mission 2 courageous 3 forged 4 escape routes 5 liberate 6 authorized 7 honor 8 scheduled 9 exploits 10 intent on Language Focus 1 decades 2 historic 3 imposed 4 religious 5 slender 6 web 7 bade 8 site 9 on the side 10 authorized 11 terminal 12 make the best of 2. 1 went through 2 stood up for 3 laid down 4 take on 5 lets us down 6 draw on 7 fall into 8 pass for 3. 1 are fully confident that the Americans will not be able t