"What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?" Review

Why does Douglass say to his audience that “The Fourth of July is yours, not mine”?

• African Americans are excluded from public holidays.

• African Americans should not celebrate Independence Day until they have independence.

• He doesn't believe in the values of freedom and equality.

• The liberty that is celebrated has been denied to African Americans

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When Douglass says he hears the "wails of millions," what is the "wail of millions" referring to?

• angry protest of African Americans

• suffering of enslaved people

• anger of slaveholders

• outrage of Northerners

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Which of the following best summarizes Douglass’s judgment of the “conduct of this nation” in his Fourth of July speech?

• By engaging in slavery, the U.S. participates in the evil crime upon which the nation was built.

• By engaging in slavery, the U.S. violates its original principles of equality and freedom.

• By celebrating freedom, the U.S. promises hope and an end to slavery.

• By celebrating freedom, the U.S. redeems itself despite slavery.

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Which of the following words are synonyms of stolid?

• unemotional

• umpleasant

• vulgar

• enthusiastic

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A person who concedes, does which of the following?

• gives in; surrenders

• forgives; understands

• agree; confirm

• learns; grows

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If there is a disparity between two classes, it means

• there is communication

• there is a large difference

• there is a similarity

• there is an argument

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To denounce someone is to...

• praise

• honor

• curse

• criticize

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Which of the following best summarizes this quote:

"The manhood of the slave is conceded. It is admitted in the fact that Southern statute books are covered with enactments forbidding … the teaching of the slave to read or to write."

• There is no argument that a slave is a man. The law proves it.

• The Bible supports that slavery is wrong.

• Only slaveholders can prove this.

• The nation does not see the contradiction of its values and its practices.

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Which answer choice best summarizes the view of the future expressed in the quotation?

"I do not despair … “The arm of the Lord is not shortened,” and the doom of slavery is certain. I, therefore, leave off where I began, with hope. While drawing encouragement from “the Declaration of Independence,”

• Slavery will end because slaveholders will lose their money.

• Slavery will end because slaveholders will be punished.

• Public awareness will lead to the end of slavery.

• Slavery will end because of the nation's principles and the abolitionist movement.

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Which of the following supports the claim that slavery is an evil that goes against American values and principles?

• "I am not included within the pale of glorious anniversary!"

• above your national, tumultuous joy, I hear the mournful wail of millions! whose chains, heavy and grievous yesterday, are, today, rendered more intolerable

• I will, … in the name of liberty which is fettered, in the name of the constitution and the Bible which are disregarded and trampled upon, dare to call in question and to denounce … everything that serves to perpetuate slavery.…

• I would, to-day, pour out a fiery stream of biting ridicule, blasting reproach, withering sarcasm, and stern rebuke

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