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Abolition and Women’s Rights Movements, Part 1 Answers

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What was most likely the author’s immediate purpose in writing "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”

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to persuade readers about the unjust treatment of Black people
B
to inform readers about the daily lives of Black people
C
to describe his own experiences encountering various social issues
D
to discuss some social issues he considered to be of great importance
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Read the excerpt from "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”The feeling of the nation must be quickened; the conscience of the nation must be roused; the propriety of the nation must be startled; the hypocrisy of the nation must be exposed; and its crimes against God and man must be proclaimed and denounced.How does the repetition of the word “must” affect the tone of the piece?

A
The repetition shows that the speaker is concerned about something.
B
The repetition draws attention to the speaker’s anger.
C
The repetition suggests that the speaker is intimidating and demanding.
D
The repetition intensifies the speaker’s sense of urgency.
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Which line from "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” supports Douglass’s claim that the Fourth of July is not a cause worthy of celebration by all?

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Fellow Citizens, I am not wanting in respect for the fathers of this republic. The signers of the Declaration of Independence were brave men. They were great men, too great enough to give frame to a great age.
B
Would to God, both for your sakes and ours, that an affirmative answer could be truthfully returned to these questions! Then would my task be light, and my burden easy and delightful.
C
Fellow-citizens, above your national, tumultuous joy, I hear the mournful wail of millions! whose chains, heavy and grievous yesterday, are, to-day, rendered more intolerable by the jubilee shouts that reach them.
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But, I submit, where all is plain there is nothing to be argued. What point in the anti-slavery creed would you have me argue? On what branch of the subject do the people of this country need light?
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Which best describes the effect of the repetition of the word “I” throughout "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”

A
It makes Douglass seem self-involved and convinced of his own importance.
B
It reinforces the sense of personal importance the issue has for Douglass.
C
It reminds readers that Douglass has a strong sense of individuality.
D
It establishes Douglass’s personality clearly in readers’ minds.
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How does the speech "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” relate to life in the United States during Douglass’s time?

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It celebrates a time-honored tradition.
B
It describes the daily life of many people in the United States.
C
It addresses the need for equality for all people.
D
It explains the forces behind the cause of the Civil War.
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Read the excerpt from "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”Fellow-citizens, above your national, tumultuous joy, I hear the mournful wail of millions! whose chains, heavy and grievous yesterday, are, to-day, rendered more intolerable by the jubilee shouts that reach them. If I do forget, if I do not faithfully remember those bleeding children of sorrow this day, “may my right hand forget her cunning, and may my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth!” To forget them, to pass lightly over their wrongs, and to chime in with the popular theme, would be treason most scandalous and shocking, and would make me a reproach before God and the world. My subject, then, fellow-citizens, is American slavery. I shall see this day and its popular characteristics from the slave’s point of view.Which best describes why this is an example of inductive reasoning?

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It starts with details and uses them to support a more sweeping statement.
B
It makes an assertion, then counters arguments against that assertion.
C
It defends an argument with carefully researched facts and excerpts.
D
It uses an anecdote to support a broad claim about the injustices of slavery.
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Read the excerpt from "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”To him, your celebration is a sham; your boasted liberty, an unholy license; your national greatness, swelling vanity; your sounds of rejoicing are empty and heartless; your denunciation of tyrants, brass fronted impudence; your shouts of liberty and equality, hollow mockery; your prayers and hymns, your sermons and thanksgivings, with all your religious parade and solemnity, are, to Him, mere bombast, fraud, deception, impiety, and hypocrisy — a thin veil to cover up crimes which would disgrace a nation of savages.What is the effect of the repetition of “your”?

A
It reminds the reader of the speaker’s identity.
B
It reinforces the speaker’s feeling of separation.
C
It suggests a dialogue between speaker and audience.
D
It indicates that the speaker is addressing a large crowd.
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Read the excerpt from "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”Is it not astonishing that, while we are ploughing, planting, and reaping, using all kinds of mechanical tools, erecting houses, constructing bridges, building ships, working in metals of brass, iron, copper, silver and gold; that, while we are reading, writing and ciphering, acting as clerks, merchants and secretaries, having among us lawyers, doctors, ministers, poets, authors, editors, orators and teachers; that, while we are engaged in all manner of enterprises common to other men, digging gold in California, capturing the whale in the Pacific, feeding sheep and cattle on the hill-side, living, moving, acting, thinking, planning, living in families as husbands, wives and children, and, above all, confessing and worshipping the Christian’s God, and looking hopefully for life and immortality beyond the grave, we are called upon to prove that we are men!Based on the excerpt above, what was most likely true about this time in the nation’s history?

A
Whaling was the most profitable industry for Black people.
B
Ships were the primary means of transporting goods for Black people.
C
Black people were performing the same duties as others without the same rights.
D
More industries were created by Black people during this period than any other time in our nation’s history.
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In "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”, Douglass refers to the Declaration of Independence. Which of the following best describes the historical significance of this reference?

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It is significant because a prominent leader was suggesting that the unequal treatment of Black people was supported by the principles of the Declaration of Independence.
B
It is significant because a prominent leader was suggesting that the unequal treatment of Black people was in direct opposition to the principles of the Declaration of Independence.
C
It is significant because a prominent leader was suggesting that, although the Declaration of Independence was written by worthy and admirable people, its principles were greatly misguided.
D
It is significant because a prominent leader was suggesting that, although the Declaration of Independence was a worthy document, it desperately needed some improvements and additions.
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Read the excerpt from "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”Are the great principles of political freedom and of natural justice, embodied in that Declaration of Independence, extended to us?How does this rhetorical question contribute to the passage’s central idea?

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It encourages Black people to discuss the principles set forth in the Declaration of Independence.
B
It reinforces the idea that the rights given to others are not extended to Black people.
C
It reveals that Douglass has an in-depth knowledge of the Declaration of Independence.
D
It gives the rest of the speech importance by referring to a famous historical document.

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