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Sojourner Truth
Frederick Douglass
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen Crane
Paul Lawrence Dunbar
100
Truth was born here in 1797
Where is up-state New York
100
Douglass learned his ABC's from this person
Who was Mrs. Auld
100
Lincoln's election had this outcome
What is it torn the nation apart and lead directly to the Civil War
100
This is where the lieutenant gets shot
What is his arm
100
This is why Dunbar was significant as a poet, beyond being a good poet
What is he was the first African-American male poet recognized both nationally and internationally, and he was one of the last writers to have living contact with the experience of slavery (his father was a slave)
200
Truth fought for these two causes
What are Abolishonisim and Women's Rights
200
Douglass paid his ___________ with bread to get white boys to help teach him to read
What is his tuition fee
200
Lincoln won the presidency in this year
What is 1860
200
This is the prevailing tone of Crane's poem "War is Kind"
What is 'Sarcastic' or 'Ironic'
200
This was the cause of Dunbar's death
What is Tuberculosis
300
He was referred to as "the little man in black" in her "Ain't I a Woman" speech"
Who was the priest
300
This quest is what reading represented for Douglass
What is the quest for freedom
300
How long is 'four score and seven"?
What is 87 years
300
This is what happens to the protagonist at the end of "An Episode of War"
What is his arm is amputated and he goes home to his wife and sisters
300
In "We Wear the Mask," what do the masks show, and what is hidden by them?
What is they show happiness and hide pain/sadness
400
In her "Ain't I a Woman" speech, Truth makes an allusion to this biblical person, referring to her as "strong enough to turn the whole world upside down all alone"
Who is Eve
400
Douglass fled here after learning that publication of his book could lead him to re-enslavement
Where is England
400
Complete the statement: "This nation, under God, shall have a new birth of...."
What is 'freedom'
400
This is Crane's purpose in "War is Kind"
What is show his audience that war is horrible and should not be romanticised
400
Dunbar wrote a poem about this famous African-American Abolitionist
Who is Frederick Douglass
500
This woman said of Truth "she does not belong to me, she belongs to humanity"
Who was Laura S. Haviland
500
The boys that helped Douglass lived on Philpot Street, near ____________________ .
What is Durgin & Bailey's Shipyard
500
This is the location where Lincoln was assasinated
What is the Ford Theater, in Washington DC
500
This was the cause of Crane's death
What is Tuberculosis
500
The definition of 'myriad'
What is 'countless' or 'many'