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Comparing Eighteenth-Century Texts on Slavery — Unit test Answers

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Read the excerpts from historical documents.From the Declaration of Independence:. . . That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.From the Declaration of Sentiments:Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of those who suffer from it to refuse allegiance to it, and to insist upon the institution of a new government, laying its foundation on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.

A
because they are heartfelt praises intended to applaud activists
B
because they mention the Founding Fathers in an attempt to inspire
C
because they are powerful calls to change that define their causes
D
because they are battle cries that demand physical confrontation
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Which statement uses logos as a rhetorical appeal?

A
No young child should go to bed feeling hungry.
B
The committee has experience with staffing and operating food banks.
C
Without food banks, families would face the empty shelves of their pantries.
D
If the food bank collects one hundred more cans, it will be fully stocked.
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Read the sentence.Kev’s keen insights and ________ comments impressed the judges throughout the debate.

A
inept
B
astute
C
adequate
D
satisfactory
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Read the excerpt from the Declaration of Sentiments by Elizabeth Cady Stanton.But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their duty to throw off such government, and to provide new guards for their future security. Such has been the patient sufferance of the women under this government, and such is now the necessity which constrains them to demand the equal station to which they are entitled.

A
by describing one young woman’s unfulfilled potential
B
by emphasizing the injustices endured by women
C
by explaining laws that govern marriages
D
by establishing her authority to question the status quo
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Read the excerpts from historical documents.From the Declaration of Independence:For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with Power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.From the Declaration of Sentiments:After depriving her of all rights as a married woman, if single, and the owner of property, he has taxed her to support a government which recognizes her only when her property can be made profitable to it.

A
Both insist that taxes should be reduced.
B
Both offer accusations of legal oppression.
C
Both complain about real estate values.
D
Both encourage the underprivileged to speak up.
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Read the excerpts from historical documents.From the Declaration of Independence:. . . all experience hath shown, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.From the Declaration of Sentiments:. . . all experience hath shown that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they were accustomed.

A
to highlight the physical pain of oppression
B
to establish their personal connections to their causes
C
to acknowledge the difficulty of challenging the status quo
D
to applaud lawmakers for their efforts to bring about change
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Read the excerpt from the Declaration of Independence.And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the Protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.

A
The excerpt relies on pathos by offering high praise to the document’s authors.
B
The excerpt relies on pathos by making strong emotional claims.
C
The excerpt relies on logos by referencing other historical texts.
D
The excerpt relies on logos by explaining the reasoning behind the document.
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Read the excerpts from historical documents.From the Declaration of Independence:We . . . solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved . . .From the Declaration of Sentiments:. . . we insist that they have immediate admission to all the rights and privileges which belong to them as citizens of the United States.

A
Both offer complaints.
B
Both recall history.
C
Both state demands.
D
Both admit defeat.
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Which statement uses pathos as a rhetorical appeal?

A
Sixty percent of the community center staff are unpaid volunteers.
B
The center is subsidized, and over half of the children attend for free.
C
The children’s innocence touches the volunteers’ hearts.
D
Many staffers are retired teachers with impressive resumes.
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Read the excerpt from the Declaration of Independence.Nor have We been wanting in attention to our Brittish brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity.

A
to inform readers about British immigration to the colonies
B
to convince readers that Britain has treated the colonists unfairly
C
to inform readers about specific acts of British military aggression
D
to convince readers that American colonists should be tried in Britain

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