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    Questions For Frederick Douglass From Slavery To Freedom

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    1. The document describes the life and political activism of Frederick Douglass. It provides questions about key details in Douglass's journey from slavery to becoming an influential abolitionist and civil rights leader. 2. The questions cover Douglass's childhood experiences in slavery, his self-education despite efforts to deny him learning, and how those experiences shaped his powerful oratory against slavery and fight for equal rights. 3. The document examines Douglass's life from being forced to work at a young age through his escape from slavery and decades of activism against racial inequality and as a supporter of women's suffrage and temperance movements.

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    1. The document describes the life and political activism of Frederick Douglass. It provides questions about key details in Douglass's journey from slavery to becoming an influential abolitionist and civil rights leader. 2. The questions cover Douglass's childhood experiences in slavery, his self-education despite efforts to deny him learning, and how those experiences shaped his powerful oratory against slavery and fight for equal rights. 3. The document examines Douglass's life from being forced to work at a young age through his escape from slavery and decades of activism against racial inequality and as a supporter of women's suffrage and temperance movements.

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    1. The document describes the life and political activism of Frederick Douglass. It provides questions about key details in Douglass's journey from slavery to becoming an influential abolitionist and civil rights leader. 2. The questions cover Douglass's childhood experiences in slavery, his self-education despite efforts to deny him learning, and how those experiences shaped his powerful oratory against slavery and fight for equal rights. 3. The document examines Douglass's life from being forced to work at a young age through his escape from slavery and decades of activism against racial inequality and as a supporter of women's suffrage and temperance movements.

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    Questions For Frederick Douglass From Slavery To Freedom

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    1. The document describes the life and political activism of Frederick Douglass. It provides questions about key details in Douglass's journey from slavery to becoming an influential abolitionist and civil rights leader. 2. The questions cover Douglass's childhood experiences in slavery, his self-education despite efforts to deny him learning, and how those experiences shaped his powerful oratory against slavery and fight for equal rights. 3. The document examines Douglass's life from being forced to work at a young age through his escape from slavery and decades of activism against racial inequality and as a supporter of women's suffrage and temperance movements.

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    Questions for Frederick Douglass: From Slavery to Freedom

    1. What was Douglass forced to do at the age of six?

    A work for a shipwright in Baltimore


    B work on a plantation in Maryland
    C take care of his grandmother
    D escape from slavery

    2. What does this text mostly describe?

    A the history of the anti-abolition and equal rights movements


    B the life and political activism of Frederick Douglass
    C the horrors of slavery Frederick Douglass witnessed as a child
    D the contrast between the beliefs of Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington

    3. Frederick Douglass valued his education when he was growing up.


    What evidence from the text supports this conclusion?

    A Douglass witnessed many cruelties while on the plantation that he later recorded in his
    autobiographies.
    B In Baltimore, Douglasss mistress taught him to read until her husband stopped her from
    continuing.
    C After his master said that learning would spoil him, Douglass continued his education on his
    own.
    D The collection of speeches in Columbian Orator introduced Douglass to the ideals of the
    American Revolution.

    4. Why might Frederick Douglass have been a more effective anti-slavery orator than some other
    abolitionists?

    A He was better-educated than most other people in the abolition movement.


    B His ideas and goals regarding slavery were more popular than those of other abolitionists.
    C He was able to powerfully communicate his first-hand experience as a slave.
    D He was able to travel more easily than other people in the abolition movement.

    5. What is the main idea of this text?

    A Due to his courage, rebellious spirit, and intelligence, Frederick Douglass was able to escape
    from slavery.
    B Over the course of his life, Frederick Douglass went from being a slave to being a respected
    activist for abolition and equal rights.
    C As an adult, Frederick Douglass fought for equal rights and supported the womens rights and
    temperance movements.
    D Although Frederick Douglass fought for civil and political equality for blacks for many years,
    his goals were not achieved in his lifetime.
    6. Most of the paragraphs are in chronological order, except for the first paragraph.
    Read these sentences from the first paragraph of the text.
    Frederick Douglass was one of the first fugitive slaves to speak out publicly against slavery. On the
    morning of August 12, 1841, he stood up at an anti-slavery meeting on Nantucket Island. With great
    power and eloquence, he described his life in bondage. As soon as he finished, the abolitionist William
    Lloyd Garrison asked the audience, Have we been listening to a thing, a piece of property, or to a man?
    A man! A man! five hundred voices replied.

    Why might the author have begun the text in this way?

    A to immediately show readers that Frederick Douglass was a powerful voice in the abolition
    movement
    B to ask the readers to consider whether Frederick Douglass was a thing, a piece of property, or a
    man
    C to indicate that Frederick Douglass first began making powerful speeches at a very young age
    D to imply that Frederick Douglasss speech on August 12, 1841 was the most important speech
    he ever gave

    7. Choose the answer that best completes the sentence below.


    Douglass was one of the few men to attend the first womens rights convention,_______ his main cause
    was the struggle against slavery and racial discrimination.
    A for example
    B consequently
    C therefore
    D although

    8. What was one horror that Douglass experienced during his childhood?

    9. What were Douglasss political beliefs? Be sure to mention his beliefs about both race and gender in
    your answer.

    10. How might Frederick Douglasss childhood experiences have shaped his political beliefs? Use
    evidence from the text to support your answer.

    11. Justify which version (autobiography in the book or this article) is better in determining a slaves
    struggles.

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