HMH Fight for Freedom

Which statement expresses a connection the reader can make between events described in “Words Like Freedom” and society today?

• There is still a struggle for equality

• All people experience total freedom.

• There is no longer a need to fight for liberty.

• People no longer believe equality is important.

What is the purpose of the personification in line 3 in “Words Like Freedom”?

• To express the speaker’s feelings

• To explain the speaker’s actions

• To emphasize the speaker’s thoughts

• To describe the speaker’s experiences

What tone can be inferred in lines 5–8 of “Words Like Freedom”?

• Grim

• Annoyed

• Miserable

• Sorrowful

What was the purpose of the Underground Railroad?

• To help enslaved African Americans escape to free states or Canada

• To build a network of secret tunnels

• To provide transportation for goods

• To establish a new form of currency

Why did the people who could fly shed their wings and stop flying?

• because they were treated brutally on plantations

• because they forgot how to fly

• because slave owners put chains on them

• because they could not take their wings on the slave ships

Who was a prominent figure in the Abolitionist Movement?

• Susan B. Anthony

• Frederick Douglass

• Thomas Jefferson

• Harriet Tubman

How did the Underground Railroad help enslaved individuals?

• Providing free education to enslaved individuals

• Offering financial compensation to enslaved individuals

• Building more plantations for enslaved individuals

• Providing a network of secret routes and safe houses to escape to free states or Canada.

Name a famous conductor of the Underground Railroad.

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Susan B. Anthony

• Harriet Tubman

• Rosa Parks

What challenges did abolitionists face in their fight against slavery?

• Abolitionists faced challenges such as lack of public support, weak leadership, and internal conflicts.

• Abolitionists faced challenges such as lack of awareness, indifference from the general population, and limited organizational capacity.

• Abolitionists faced challenges such as legal restrictions, financial constraints, and lack of access to resources.

• Abolitionists faced challenges such as societal acceptance of slavery, economic dependence on slave labor, political power of pro-slavery advocates, and resistance from slaveholders and their allies.

Why was the Emancipation Proclamation significant in American history?

• It granted voting rights to women

• It established a national holiday

• It increased taxes on imported goods

• It declared all enslaved people in Confederate-held territory to be free.