Guided Practice Stowe
Read this passage from the article. Which sentence is the main idea?
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Harriet Beecher Stowe cared deeply about human rights. Her family was active in
the Underground Railroad, helping slaves escape to freedom in the North. (The
Underground Railroad was a system formed by a group of people who were
against slavery. These people helped escaped slaves secretly reach the North.) For
18 years she observed a slave-holding community in Kentucky just across the Ohio
River from where she lived in Cincinnati. She didn't like what she saw.
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A. Her family was active in the Underground Railroad, helping slaves escape to
freedom in the North.
B. For 18 years she observed a slave-holding community in Kentucky just across
the Ohio River from where she lived in Cincinnati.
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C. She didn't like what she saw.
D. Harriet Beecher Stowe cared deeply about human rights.