Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence officially declared independence from this nation
Abraham Lincoln was a member of NOT the confederacy, but of the __________
What is the union?
In this story, the main character is afflicted with this ailment
What is heart trouble?
Langston Hughes wrote his poetry during this historical period in America
What is the Harlem Renascence?
This word is used in "I, Too" to describe something very, very old
Ancient
This man wrote the Declaration of Independence
Frederick Douglass used this religion as a way of relating/appealing to his audience's morals
What is Christianity?
Mrs. Mallard is told that her husband has lost his life in this tragedy
This poem by Langston Hughes primarily discusses the concept of segregation in 1920s America
What is "I,Too"?
To have complete rule/control over a person or society with no room for personal freedoms
Tyranny
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed, by their Creator, with certain unalienable rights, that among these are _______, _________, and the ____________
What is life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness?
This speech was written to honor those who gave their lives during the Battle of ___________
What is Gettysburg?
What is Spring
What is healing/hope/recovery/new life
All of Langston Hughes poems utilize this kind of non-literal language
What is Figurative Language/Metaphors?
When there is a great deal of difference between two people or two things, it is said there is great ____________ between them
Disparity
The Declaration of Independence was signed in this year
What is 1776?
The Speech in the Convention was a speech by Benjamin Franklin in which he urged his colleagues to sign this document
What is the Constitution?
What is Dramatic Irony
Langston Hughes uses this as an extended metaphor for time in "The Negro Speaks of Rivers"
What are rivers?
The goal of the Gettysburg Address was to create a memorial out of the battle grounds in which soldiers died in order to make it special or holy. In other words, Lincoln wanted to _____________ these grounds
Consecrate
Great Britain was said to be guilty of absolute __________
What is Tyranny
The main goal of this speech was to amend the rifts between the North and South and move forward as a united country
What is Feminism?
Langston Hughes mentioned the Euphrates in one of his poems, which was the river that ran through this ancient society
What is Mesopotamia?
You watch the saddest movie ever made and yet you have zero emotion at the end of it. Your personality is said to be _________
Stolid