American Lit Ch 6 Test

Abraham Lincoln's effectiveness as a speaker and writer was due to his skill in using what?

Douglass secretly taught himself and other slaves to read and write.

According to Douglass, what effect does slavery have on the owner?

Lincoln clearly lays the blame for the Civil War on the Southern states.

According to Douglass, why were slaves in the city often treated better than plantation slaves?

What is Peyton Farquhar's occupation?

What did Frederick Douglass call the "pathway from slavery to freedom"?

What man was a lifelong advocate of civil rights, those of women and blacks in particular?

As a result of the Civil War, a focus on what topic eclipsed the appeal of nature?

Ambrose Bierce is regarded as the first American writer of what?

What biblical event is alluded to in "Go Down, Moses"?

Ambrose Bierce's fiction reflects

Which of these did NOT serve as a function of Negro Spirituals?

The Atlantic Monthly promoted and supported the Southern traditional view of slavery and sectionalism.

To what did people often turn as religion lost its authority in society after the Civil War?

In "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge," the author uses flashback to build suspense and give needed information.

What is the name of the group of singers who began singing Negro spirituals throughout America to raise funds 4 college?

The gray-clad soldier with whom Mr. and Mrs. Farquhar spoke turned out to be a _______.

The quotation "Of the people, by the people, for the people" is an example of what?

Abraham Lincoln was elected President after gaining the nomination from what political party?

Frederick Douglass campaigned on the behalf of what presidential candidate?

Lincoln was elected president as the nominee of the Democratic party.

What author's pivotal book did Lincoln refer to as the one "that started this Great War"?

What effect did the Civil War have on American literary trends?

Negro Spirituals are religious folk songs indigenous to America but rooted in Africa.