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Abolition and Women’s Rights Movements, Part 2 Answers

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Which best describes how "Ain't I a Woman?" relates to the time period in which Truth lived?

It includes a description of the author’s spiritual beliefs and how they relate to the beliefs of others.

It includes descriptions of the author’s personal experiences and how they shaped her world view.

It includes commentary on topics in the US Constitution, such as treatment of women.

It includes commentary on several civil rights issues, including slavery and women’s suffrage.

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Based on "Ain't I a Woman?," how did Truth most likely feel about the anti-suffragist idea that women were too sentimental and emotional to be involved in politics?

She likely agreed, since she endured a great deal of hardship and struggle in her life.

She likely agreed, since she asserted that women had more important pursuits than winning the right to vote.

She likely disagreed, since she believed that women were more qualified than men to participate in government.

She likely disagreed, since she believed that women could be just as strong and resilient as men.

Read the quotation from "Ain't I a Woman?"Well, children, where there is so much racket there must be something out of kilter. I think that ’twixt the negroes of the South and the women at the North, all talking about rights, the white men will be in a fix pretty soon. But what’s all this here talking about? Which best describes the syntax?

Truth uses complex syntax to express the idea that the movement toward equality is gaining momentum in the US.

Truth uses complex syntax to express her confusion at the fact that people do not have equal rights in the US.

Truth uses simple syntax to lay out the ideas she is going to expand upon through the course of her speech.

Truth uses simple syntax to describe each group that is fighting for equal rights in the US.

Read the quotation from "Ain't I a Woman?"Where did your Christ come from? Where did your Christ come from? From God and a woman! Man had nothing to do with Him.How does this quotation support the central idea of the speech?

It reinforces the idea that Truth’s personal experiences have greatly influenced her ideas.

It reminds the audience that Truth has strong spiritual and political ideals.

It supports that idea that women deserve equality by referencing religious authority.

It affirms the notion that religion can’t be used as a basis for unequal treatment.

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?

Truth is implying that all of her listeners have experienced similar pain and can relate to her struggle.

Truth is suggesting that listeners should feel sympathy for her because she has suffered through extreme hardship.

Truth is testifying that women deserve equal rights because they can be as physically capable as men.

Truth is demonstrating that all women in the US have faced the same struggle that she has.

Which best describes the diction in "Ain't I a Woman?"

formal and detached

formal and scholarly

informal and relatable

informal and light-hearted

Read the quotation from Abigail Adams. It is from a letter she wrote her husband, John Adams, as he helped draft the US Constitution. If perticuliar care and attention is not paid to the Laidies we are determined to foment a Rebelion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any Laws in which we have no voice, or Representation.Which excerpt from "Ain't I a Woman?" best supports Adams’s view?

Then that little man in black there, he says women can’t have as much rights as men, ’cause Christ wasn’t a woman! Where did your Christ come from?

Nobody ever helps me into carriages, or over mud-puddles, or gives me any best place! And ain’t I a woman?

If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone, these women together ought to be able to turn it back, and get it right side up again! And now they is asking to do it, the men better let them.

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? I could work as much and eat as much as a man – when I could get it – and bear the lash as well!

Read the quotation from "Ain't I a Woman?"And 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? Which best describes the syntax?

Truth uses simple syntax to grab the audience’s attention and make a strong point about her own resilience.

Truth uses simple syntax to emphasize the insignificance of the experience she is describing.

Truth uses complex syntax to explain what types of labor she has performed in her lifetime.

Truth uses complex syntax to question whether or not the audience recognizes who she is.

Read the quotation from "Ain't I a Woman?"I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me!Which statement best explains why this is an example of ethos?

It places Truth in a position of moral superiority.

It shows that Truth has experiences to support her claims.

It accentuates Truth’s belief in the importance of hard work.

It suggests that Truth considers herself stronger than others.

Which excerpt from "Ain't I a Woman?" best refutes the anti-suffragist idea that women were too fragile to handle the right to vote?

Then that little man in black there, he says women can’t have as much rights as men, ’cause Christ wasn’t a woman!

That man over there says that women need to be helped into carriages, and lifted over ditches, and to have the best place everywhere.

Well, children, where there is so much racket there must be something out of kilter.

I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me!

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