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A Nation Dividing and Expanding: Civil War, Regionalism, and Realism — Test Answers

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What is the chief claim of "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”

A
Slavery is unconstitutional, and it should be abolished.
B
The tradition of slavery in the United States has harmed the Black population.
C
Black people are deserving of more respect.
D
Black people deserve equal treatment and status in the United States.
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How does "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” relate to the Declaration of Independence?

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Douglass’s speech served as the basis for the Declaration of Independence, which was written soon after his speech was given.
B
Douglass’s speech proclaims that the treatment of Black people directly contradicts the Declaration of Independence.
C
Douglass’s speech quotes the Declaration of Independence liberally and uses it to support every claim.
D
Douglass’s speech objects to several points made within the Declaration of Independence.
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Read the quotation from "Ain't I a Woman?" Look at me! Look at my arm! I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me! And ain’t I a woman? Why is this quotation an example of ethos?

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Truth is testifying that women deserve equal rights because they can be as physically capable as men.
B
Truth is demonstrating that all women in the US have faced the same struggle that she has.
C
Truth is suggesting that listeners should feel sympathy for her because she has suffered through extreme hardship.
D
Truth is implying that all of her listeners have experienced similar pain and can relate to her struggle.
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Read "Like Brothers We Meet” and "Elegy for the Native Guards.” How do these poems address the sufferings of war differently?

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Horton’s poem emphasizes that the sufferings of war are physical, while Trethewey’s poem emphasizes that the sufferings are deeply psychological.
B
Horton’s poem describes how soldiers fight wars with their families, while Trethewey’s poem describes how war makes people strangers.
C
Horton’s poem suggests that sufferings will come to an end, while Trethewey’s poem suggests how they last beyond the war’s end.
D
Horton’s poem expresses how war unites people over shared experiences, while Trethewey’s poem expresses how war creates separation.
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Which excerpt from "My Heart Is Bursting" most contributes to the cultural view that freedom is essential to happiness?

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I moved away from those disposed for war, and I also came along to see you.
B
We have been waiting here a long time to see you and are getting tired.
C
I love to roam over the prairies. There I feel free and happy, but when we settle down we grow pale and die.
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These soldiers cut down my timber; they kill my buffalo; and when I see that, my heart feels like bursting; I feel sorry. I have spoken.

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