Section 1
Another word for slavery.
Servitude
This person paid for freedom, was assisted by others, refused to run away illegally, and actively sought freedom.
Elizabeth Keckley
Keckley believed people should consider or know this before they could judge Mrs. Lincoln better.
Her motives or her intentions.
In the poem "Oh Captain! My Captain!", these two words are repeated to make the reader have sympathy for the captain that is missing his own victory.
For you
Mrs. Keckley and Mrs. Lincoln's relationship changes in this way from the beginning of the memoir to the end of the memoir.
Keckley relies on Lincoln first and then Lincoln relies on Keckley by the end.
Both Keckley and Hamilton (author of "The People Could Fly") had this purpose for their writing.
To show how slavery was cruel and unjust.
This person secretly escaped to the North, was assisted by others, was afraid of being found, and actively sought freedom.
Frederick Douglass
This is one reason Behind the Scenes (the memoir) is better than watching the documentary videos about Mrs. Lincoln.
The memoir contains information from someone who personally knew her.
In Douglass' account of his acceptance into the Inaugural Ball, his tone goes from this to this.
Hostile to Proud
The phrase "never even so much as" seen in Chapter 12 of Behind the Scenes shows Keckley has this tone.
disgust
In "The People Could Fly", the narrator felt this toward the slaves.
Happiness that they were able to escape.
In Douglass' narrative he uses imagery of animals to create this effect on the reader. (Extra 100 points if you can provide an example)
To create sympathy for the enslaved person, who is scared of being captured. (Extra 100 points if you can provide an example)
These two reasons make a biography writer more credible.
Including only verified facts
During Mr. Lincoln's inauguration, Keckley uses these two things to show imagery and how she feels for Mr. Lincoln.
Light and bright to show admiration for Lincoln
Dark and clouds to show bad situation before he came into the Presidency
Keckley uses the figurative expression "the mask must be thrown aside" to express this about Mrs. Lincoln. (100 extra points if you can provide the evidence)
Mrs. Lincoln must stop trying to hide her situation. (100 extra points if you can provide the evidence)
Even though Keckley thought there was a good side to slavery, she still thought this about freedom.
People deserved freedom and slaves were right to fight against it.
The figurative language in the excerpt "in imagination had drunk of the pure, sweet crystal water of life" means this.
Keckley dreams about freedom and thinks it is as important as water.
This could make Keckley's memoir less credible
Bias
Keckley makes a comparison between the crowd and this during Mr. Lincoln's inauguration speech.
The movement of the sea
The two reasons why Keckley may have included Mrs. Lincoln's private letters.
To emphasize her desperation for friendship and money.
To emphasize how close the two women were.
Keckley claimed this as a reason slavery would take a long time to end.
People's opinion would have to change and they would have to change laws to end it.
To know what is happening in the world around them, to be able to take care of business for themselves, and to be able to gain freedom were reasons slaves needed this.
To be able to read and write.
This tone is conveyed when the documentary on Mrs. Lincoln claimed "the odds were stacked against her".
Sympathetic
In the poem "Oh Captain! My Captain!", this is the central idea.
The Captain (or leader) died before he could enjoy the victory he achieved.
According to the article "A Fitting Friendship Between Dressmaker and Mary Todd Lincoln", this person was hard to deal with, drove people away, and had an erratic personality.
Mrs. Lincoln (100 points if you can provide the three things the article said about Mrs. Lincoln).