The Underground Railroad defied laws in the North as well as the South. At night, away from roads that were patrolled, Tubman tried to follow the North Star and make her way hundreds of miles through dense forests, feeling her way one tree at a time.
The term loonie distinguishes the Canadian currency from other national currencies and is used in the context of the currency markets and foreign exchange trading. The Canadian dollar is called âle dollarâ in Canadian French, and terms such as âpiasseâ and âpiastreâ are equivalent to buck.
What is the money of Ecuador called? A: As of Dec. 23, 2014, the currency used in Ecuador is the United States Dollar. Prior to this transition, the Ecuadorian currency was called the sucre, which was named after a revolutionary war hero named Antonio Jose de Sucre.