3.1 Weekly Assessment-Frederick Douglass

Directions: Choose the word or word group that has about the same meaning as the underlined word. If someone was born into slavery, then they were —

• owned by another person

• powerful in their community

• free to do as they pleased

• being treated fairly and equally

Directions: Choose the word or word group that has about the same meaning as the underlined word. People who worked as abolitionists —

• tried to start something

• wanted to become famous

• wanted to invent something new

• believed that slavery should be stopped

Directions: Choose the word or word group that has about the same meaning as the underlined word. If you saw violence in a movie, you most likely saw —

• people getting hurt

• people quietly talking

• people working together

• people solving problems

Directions: Choose the word or word group that has about the same meaning as the underlined word. They wanted to ensure equality for all people.

• differences

• fairness

• injustice

• positions

Directions: Read the question. Then choose the best answer. Which word is a synonym for influential in the sentence below? She was an influential person in her community.

• gentle

• helpless

• powerful

• unusual

Frederick Douglass was a famous abolitionist. An abolitionist is a person who —

• works to end slavery

• fights for equal rights

• writes about his own life

• takes a job in the government

Why was Frederick Douglass’s autobiography important?

• It told of the horrors of slavery.

• It gave names of his former owners.

• It described how he had become free.

• It told about the battles of the Civil War.

Why did Frederick Douglass travel to Europe?

• He wanted to help free enslaved people there.

• He had always dreamed of traveling the world.

• He had escaped slavery and was afraid of being captured.

• He wanted to see what it would be like to live without slavery.

Which abolitionist was most famous for helping enslaved people escape on the Underground Railroad?

• John Brown

• Harriet Tubman

• Sojourner Truth

• William Lloyd Garrison

Why did Frederick Douglass meet with President Abraham Lincoln?

• to ask for a job in the government

• to convince him to end the Civil War

• to ask for equal pay for Black soldiers

• to share information about life as a slave