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Abolition and Women’s Rights Movements, Part 1 Answers

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Which excerpt is a counterclaim in "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”

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What is this but the acknowledgment that the slave is a moral, intellectual, and responsible being? The manhood of the slave is conceded.
B
There are seventy-two crimes in the State of Virginia which, if committed by a black man (no matter how ignorant he be), subject him to the punishment of death; while only two of the same crimes will subject a white man to the like punishment.
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It is admitted in the fact that Southern statute books are covered with enactments forbidding, under severe fines and penalties, the teaching of the slave to read or to write.
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What, then, remains to be argued? Is it that slavery is not divine; that God did not establish it; that our doctors of divinity are mistaken?
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How does the speech "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” relate to life in the United States during Douglass’s time?

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It celebrates a time-honored tradition.
B
It describes the daily life of many people in the United States.
C
It addresses the need for equality for all people.
D
It explains the forces behind the cause of the Civil War.
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Which statement best explains why "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" is an example of inductive reasoning, as a whole?

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It contains one primary claim in its first paragraph and then supports that claim throughout the rest of the speech.
B
It offers a claim and then rebuts all arguments against that claim throughout the rest of the speech about the holiday.
C
It uses a specific holiday as a basis for the broader conclusion that is constructed throughout the rest of the speech.
D
It begins with a grandiose statement and then explains that statement in parts throughout the rest of the speech.
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Read the excerpt from "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”The feeling of the nation must be quickened; the conscience of the nation must be roused; the propriety of the nation must be startled; the hypocrisy of the nation must be exposed; and its crimes against God and man must be proclaimed and denounced.How does the repetition of the word “must” affect the tone of the piece?

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The repetition shows that the speaker is concerned about something.
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The repetition draws attention to the speaker’s anger.
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The repetition suggests that the speaker is intimidating and demanding.
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The repetition intensifies the speaker’s sense of urgency.

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