Abolition and Women’s Rights Movements, Part 1

Question 1

Which claims against slavery are used in the speech? Check the three boxes that apply.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Enslaved people hold productive occupations that help society.; Celebrating independence is hypocritical in light of the continuing bondage of slavery.; Enslaved people, like all people, are moral, intellectual, and responsible beings.

Question 2

Identify the claim in the passage.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

The holiday insults enslaved people.

Question 3

Identify the type of reasoning.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

X inductive

Question 4

Identify and write the claim Douglass makes.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

To enslaved Americans, the Fourth of July is a sham that exposes the injustice and cruelty they suffer.

Question 5

Evaluate the reasoning Douglass uses in the passage by determining whether the conclusion is valid or invalid.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Douglass’s conclusion is valid. The evidence that enslaved people were denied liberty and equality supports his claim that the Fourth of July celebration is a sham and a mockery to them.

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