Chapter 4
"Freedom Fighters"

Vocabulary

Directions  Use the following words to fill in the blank spaces:

 

barreling         elderly         freedom         injured         issue         moaned         nervously         plantation         slavery

1. A dozen __________ soldiers lay on small cots.

2. Some soldiers begged for water or just __________.

3. Jack looked around __________.

4. He was an __________, silver-haired black man.

5. We ran away from our owners in the South to fight to end __________, to fight from freedom for our people.

6. In the 1800s, the United States was divided over the __________ of slavery.

7. The South wanted to keep saves to work in the huge __________ fields.

8. He hoped the brave man would live to enjoy __________.

9. A horse-drawn wagon was __________ into the camp.



----------Key----------

Chapter 4

1. A dozen injured soldiers lay on small cots.

2. Some soldiers begged for water or just moaned.

3. Jack looked around nervously.

4. He was an elderly, silver-haired black man.

5. We ran away from our owners in the South to fight to end slavery, to fight from freedom for our people.

6. In the 1800s, the United States was divided over the issue of slavery.

7. The South wanted to keep saves to work in the huge plantation fields.

8. He hoped the brave man would live to enjoy freedom.

9. A horse-drawn wagon was barreling into the camp.

 

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