Booker T. Washington Cold Read

       

Booker T. Washington: Up From Slavery

       Booker T. Washington was born into slavery in 1856. He dedicated himself to education and started many schools for black students. He founded and was named head of the Tuskegee Institute, a black university in Alabama. Washington was a leader of the African American community until his death in 1915. Below is a passage from Chapter 2 of his 1901 autobiography, Up From Slavery. Washington speaks about going to school after he and his family are free. 

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My second difficulty was with regard to my name, or rather A name. From the time when I could remember anything, I had been called simply “Booker.” Before going to school it had never occurred to me that it was needful or appropriate to have an additional name. When I heard the school roll called, I noticed that all of the children had at least two names, and some of them indulged in what seemed to me the extravagance of having three. I was in deep perplexity, because I knew that the teacher would demand of me at least two names, and I had only one. By the time the occasion came for the enrolling of my name, an idea occurred to me which I thought would make me equal to the situation; and so, when the teacher asked me what my full name was, I calmly told him “Booker Washington,” as if I had been called by that name all my life; and by that name I have since been known. Later in my life I found that my mother had given me the name of “Booker Taliaferro” soon after I was born, but in some way that part of my name seemed to disappear and for a long while was forgotten, but as soon as I found out about it I revived it, and made my full name “Booker Taliaferro Washington.” I think there are not many men in our country who have had the privilege of naming themselves in the way that I have. More than once I have tried to picture myself in the position of a boy or man with an honored and distinguished ancestry which I could trace back through a period of hundreds of years, and who had not only inherited a name, but fortune and a proud family homestead; and yet I have sometimes had the feeling that if I had inherited these, and had been a member of a more popular race, I should have been inclined to yield to the temptation of depending upon my ancestry and my color to do that for me which I should do for myself. Years ago I resolved that because I had no ancestry myself I would leave a record of which my children would be proud, and which might encourage them to still higher effort.

1. What is the best meaning for the word "appropriate" as it is used in the passage?

A. proper

B. seize

C. plagiarize

D. unacceptable

2.The author's purpose for including the statement, “yet I have sometimes had the feeling that if I had inherited these, and had been a member of a more popular race, I should have been inclined to yield to the temptation of depending upon my ancestry and my color to do that for me which I should do for myself, "  was-

A. to make people feel bad.

B. to let readers know that he would rather work hard to achieve his goals than depend on his ancestry.

C. to imply that the "more popular race" was lazy.

D. to imply that the less popular race was lazy.

3. Which of the following is NOT a cause for Booker to add "Washington" to his name?

A. He realized that the other students had two names.

B. The teacher began to call the roll.

C. He didn't know that he already had a last name.

D. He didn't like his last name.

4. Which 2 of the following traits does NOT describe Booker?

A. uneducated

B. lazy

C. intelligent

D. fortunate

5. From which point of view is the story written?

A. Third person, limited to the speaker.

B. First person

C. Third person omniscient

D. Second person

from Uncle Tom's Cabin Fiction Cold Read

Copyright © by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. 

from Uncle Tom’s Cabin

by Harriet Beecher Stowe

OVERVIEW

Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel about slavery was first published in serial form in the National Era in 1851. When published in book form the next year, the novel had an enormous impact, selling 300,000 copies the first year and 3 million copies since. According to family legend, when Stowe visited President Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War, he said: "So this is the little lady who made this big war?" In the excerpt from the following chapter, the novel’s slave hero, Uncle Tom, defies the slaveholder, Simon Legree.

       Slowly the weary, dispirited creatures wound their way into the room, and with crouching reluctance, presented their baskets to be weighed.

       Legree noted on a slate, on the side of which was pasted a list of names, the amount.

       Tom’s basket was weighed and approved; and he looked, with an anxious glance, for the success of the woman he had befriended.

       Tottering with weakness, she came forward, and delivered her basket. It was of full weight, as Legree well perceived; but, affecting anger, he said, 

       "What, you lazy beast! short again! stand aside, you’ll catch it, pretty soon!"

       The woman gave a groan of utter despair, and sat down on a board.

       The person who had been called Misse Cassy now came forward, and, with a haughty, negligent air, delivered her basket. As she delivered it, Legree looked in her eyes with a sneering yet inquiring glance.

       She fixed her black eyes steadily on him, her lips moved slightly, and she said something in French. What it was, no one knew; but Legree’s face became perfectly demoniacal in its expression, as she spoke; he half raised his hand, as if to strike,—a gesture which she regarded with fierce disdain, as she turned and walked away.

       "And now," said Legree, "come here, you Tom. You see, I telled ye I didn't buy ye jest for the common work I mean to promote ye, and make a driver of ye; and tonight ye may jest as well begin to get yer hand in. Now, ye jest take this yer gal and flog her; ye've seen enough on't to know how."

       "I beg Mas'r's pardon," said Tom; "hopes Mas'r won't set me at that. It's what I an't used to,—never did,—and can't do, no way possible."

       "Ye’ll larn a pretty smart chance of things ye never did know, before I’ve done with ye!" said Legree, taking up a cow-hide, and striking Tom a heavy blow across the cheek, and following up the infliction by a shower of blows.

       "There!" he said, as he stopped to rest; "now, will ye tell me ye can’t do it?"

       "Yes, Mas’r," said Tom, putting up his hand, to wipe the blood that trickled down his face. "I’m willin’ to work night and day, and work while there’s life and breath in me; but this yer thing I can't feel it right to do;—and, Mas'r, I never shall do it,—never!"

       Tom had a remarkably smooth, soft voice, and a habitually respectful manner, that had given Legree an idea that he would be cowardly, and easily subdued. When he spoke these last words, a thrill of amazement went through every one; the poor woman clasped her hands, and said, "O Lord!" and every one involuntarily looked at each other and drew in their breath, as if to prepare for the storm that was about to burst.

      Legree looked stupefied and confounded; but at last burst forth,—

      "What! ye blasted black beast! tell me ye don't think it right to do what I tell ye! What have any of you cussed cattle to do with thinking what's right? I'll put a stop to it! Why, what do ye think ye are? May be ye think ye'r a gentleman, master Tom, to be a telling your master what's right, and what an't! So you pretend it's wrong to flog the gal!"

       "I think so, Mas'r," said Tom; "the poor crittur's sick and feeble; 'twould be downright cruel, and it's what I never will do, nor begin to. Mas'r, if you mean to kill me, kill me; but, as to my raising my hand agin any one here, I never shall,—I'll die first!"

Tom spoke in a mild voice, but with a decision that could not be mistaken. Legree shook with anger; his greenish eyes glared fiercely, and his very whiskers seemed to curl with passion; but, like some ferocious beast, that plays with its victim before he devours it, he kept back his strong impulse to

proceed to immediate violence, and broke out into bitter raillery. 
       "Well, here's a pious dog, at last, let down among us sinners!—a saint, a gentleman, and no less, to talk to us sinners about our sins! Powerful holy crittur, he must be! Here, you rascal, you make believe to be so pious,—didn't you never hear, out of yer Bible, "Servants, obey yer masters"? An't I yer master? Didn't I pay down twelve hundred dollars cash, for all there is inside yer old cussed black shell? An't yer mine, now, body and soul?" he said, giving Tom a violent kick with his heavy boot; "tell me!"

       In the very depth of physical suffering, bowed by brutal oppression, this question shot a gleam of joy and triumph through Tom's soul. He suddenly stretched himself up, and, looking earnestly to heaven, while the tears and blood that flowed down his face mingled, he exclaimed, "No! no! no! my soul an't yours, Mas'r! You haven't bought it,—ye can't buy it! It's been bought and paid for, by one that is able to keep it;—no matter, no matter, you can't harm me!"

       "I can’t!" said Legree, with a sneer; "we'll see,—we'll see! Here, Sambo, Quimbo, give this dog such a breakin' in as he won't get over, this month!"

       The two gigantic Negroes that now laid hold of Tom, with fiendish exultation in their faces, might have formed no unapt personification of the powers of darkness. The poor woman screamed with apprehension, and all rose, as by a general impulse, while they dragged him unresisting from the place.


1. Which word from the passage means the same as "angry"?
     A. pious
     B. demoniacal
     C. earnestly
     D. involuntary

2. Which word from the passage means the same as "whip"?
    A. suffering
    B. pious
    C. involuntary
   D. flog

3. What type of conflict occurs between Mr. Legree and Tom?
   A. Individual vs. Individual
   B. Individual vs. Self
   C. Individual vs. Technology
  D. Individual vs. Nature

4. The point of view of this selection is--
   A. Third person omniscient
   B. Third person, limited to Tom
  C. Second person
  D. First person, limited to the narrator

5. What does the author hint using the details in the last paragraph?
   A. That Tom will go free.
   B. That Tom will learn to be a driver.
   C. That Tom will be beaten.
   D. That Tom will run away.

Emancipation Proclamation- Cold Read

The Emancipation Proclamation was an order given on January 1, 1863 by Abraham Lincoln to free the slaves. 

Were all the slaves immediately free? 

No. Only about 50,000 of the 4 million slaves were immediately set free. The Emancipation Proclamation had some limitations. First, it only freed the slaves in the Confederate States that were not under Union control. There were some areas and border states where slavery was still legal, but were part of the Union. The slaves in these states were not immediately freed. For the rest of the Southern states, the slaves would not be free until the Union was able to defeat the Confederacy. 

However, the Emancipation Proclamation did eventually set millions of slaves free. It also made clear that in the near future all slaves should and would be set free. 

The Emancipation also allowed for Black men to fight in the Union Army. Around 200,000 black soldiers fought on the side of the Union Army helping the North win the war and also helping to expand the area of freedom as they marched through the South. 

Why did Lincoln wait until 1863? 

Signing of the Emancipation Proclamation

Lincoln felt like he needed a major victory in order to have the full support behind the Emancipation. If he issued the order without public support, it might fail and he wanted to be sure that it was successful and seen as a major moral victory for the North. When the Union Army turned back Robert E. Lee and the Confederates in the Battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862 Lincoln knew it was time. The initial announcement that the Emancipation Proclamation order was coming was given a few days later on September 22, 1862. 

The Thirteenth Amendment 

The Emancipation Proclamation was an executive order. It wasn't fully law per the Constitution yet. However, it did pave the way for the Thirteenth Amendment. The advantage of the Proclamation was that it could happen quickly. The Thirteenth Amendment took a few more years to get passed by congress and implemented, but on December 6, 1865 the Thirteenth Amendment was adopted and became part of the United States Constitution. 

Here is the wording of the Thirteenth Amendment:

• Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
• Section 2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation

Other Interesting Facts

• The original document was five pages long. It is currently located in the National Archives in Washington D.C.
• The proclamation gained the Union the support of international countries such as Great Britain and France, where slavery had already been abolished.
• It did not free the slaves in the loyal border states. They would have to wait until the war was over.
• The order declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebel states "are, and henceforward shall be free."

1) Which of the following did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
A	Freed all slaves in the Confederate states that were not currently under   Union control.
B	Laid the groundwork for a future constitutional amendment to outlaw slavery.
C	Allowed for African American men to fight in the Union army.
D	All of the above
2) How many slaves were immediately set free by the proclamation?
A	All 4 million
B	Around half.
C	No slaves were set free.
D	50,000
E	1,000
3) The Emancipation Proclamation paved the way for what constitutional amendment that outlawed slavery in the United States?
A	The thirteenth amendment
B	The nineteenth amendment
C	The fifth amendment
D	The first amendment
E	The twenty-first amendment
4) Which of the below statements best describes the Emancipation  Proclamation?
A	A change to the United States constitution allowing for all men to vote      regardless of race.
B	A new law issued by congress that said slavery was illegal in the North.
C	An executive order from Abraham Lincoln that eventually led to the    freedom of millions of slaves.
D	A speech given by Abraham Lincoln asking for the Civil War to end.
E	An order made by the Supreme Court saying that the Confederate states had the right to decide for themselves on slavery.
5) About how many black soldiers fought in the Union army during the Civil War?
A	200,000
B	10,000
C	4 million
D	50,000
E	None

Mysterious Mr. LIncoln- Cold Read

                          If any personal description of me is thought desirable, it may be said,

                          I am in height, six feet, four inches, nearly; lean in flesh, weighing, on

                          average, one hundred and eighty pounds; dark complexion, with coarse

                          black hair and grey eyes–no other marks or brands recollected.”

       Abraham Lincoln wasn’t the sort of man who could lose himself in a crowd. After all, he stood six feet four inches tall, and to top it off, he wore a high silk hat.
       His height was mostly in his long bony legs. When he sat in a chair, he seemed no taller than anyone else. It was only when he stood up that he towered above other men.
       At first glance, most people thought he was homely. Lincoln thought so too, referring once to his “poor, lean, lank, face.” As a young man he was sensitive about his gawky looks, but in time, he learned to laugh at himself. When a rival called him “two-faced” during a political debate, Lincoln replied: “I leave it to my audience. If I had another face, do you think I’d wear this one?”
       According to those who knew him, Lincoln was a man of many faces. In repose, he often seemed sad and gloomy. But when he began to speak, his expression changed. “The dull, listless features dropped like a mask,” said a Chicago newspaperman. “The eyes began to sparkle, the mouth to smile, the whole countenance was wreathed in animation, so that a stranger would have said, “Why this man, so angular and solemn a moment ago, is really handsome!”
       Lincoln was the most photographed man of his time, but his friends insisted that no photo ever did him justice. It’s no wonder. Back then, cameras required long exposures. The person being photographed had to “freeze” as the seconds ticked by. If he blinked an eye, the picture would be blurred. That’s why Lincoln looks so stiff and formal in his photos. We never see him laughing or joking.
       Artists and writers tried to capture the “real” Lincoln that the camera missed, but something about the man always escaped them. His changeable features, his tones, gestures, and expressions, seemed to defy description.
       Today it’s hard to imagine Lincoln as he really was. And he never cared to reveal much about himself. In company he was witty and talkative, but he rarely betrayed his inner feelings. According to William Herndon, his law partner, he was the “most secretive-reticent-shut-mouthed man that ever lived.”
       In his own time, Lincoln was never fully understood even by his closest friends. Since then, his life story has been told and retold so many times; he has become as much a legend as a flesh-and-blood human being. While the legend is based on truth it is only partly true. And it hides
the man behind it like a disguise.
       The legendary Lincoln is known as Honest Abe, a humble man of the people who rose from a log cabin to the White House. There’s no doubt that Lincoln was a poor boy who made good. And it’s true that he carried his folksy manners and homespun speech to the White House with him. He said ‘howdy” to visitors and invited them to “stay a spell”. He greeted diplomats while wearing carpet slippers, called his wife “mother” at receptions, and told bawdy jokes at cabinet
meetings.
       Lincoln may have seemed like a common man, but he wasn’t. His friends agreed that he was one of the most ambitious people they had ever known. Lincoln struggled hard to rise above his log cabin origins, and he was proud of his achievement. By the time he ran for president he was a wealthy man, earning a large income from his law practice and his many investments. As for the nickname Abe, he hated it. No one who knew him well ever called him Abe to his face. They addressed him as Lincoln or Mr. Lincoln.

1. Read this sentence from the passage.

“The eyes began to sparkle, the mouth to smile, the whole countenance was wreathed in animation, so that a stranger would have said, “Why this man, so angular and solemn a moment ago, is really handsome!”

What does the phrase the whole countenance was wreathed in animation mean?

A. the facial expression was full of life

B. the entire body became less dignified

C. the facial features were not as serious

D. the body language changed completely

2. When the author writes that Lincoln “struggled hard to rise above his ‘log-cabin’ origins,” he means that Lincoln worked hard to

A. conceal his folksy mannerisms.

B. overcome his humble beginnings.

C. improve his homespun speech.

D. refrain from telling bawdy jokes.

3. Which word best describes Lincoln’s White House manners?

A. ambitious

B. artificial

C. sophisticated 

D. unpretentious

4. When Lincoln’s law partner describes Lincoln as being “reticent,” he is saying that Lincoln

A. did not reveal his feelings readily.

B. was often misunderstood.

C. rarely shared his great sense of humor.

D. could be outgoing when necessary.

Incidents in the LIfe of a Slave Girl -Narrative Nonfiction Cold Read

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

Harriet Jacobs

1            “My grandmother’s house was searched from top to bottom.  As my trunk was empty, they concluded I had taken my clothes with me.  Before ten o’clock every vessel northward bound was thoroughly examined, and the law against harboring fugitives was read to all on board.  At night a watch was set over the town.  Knowing how distressed my grandmother would be, I wanted to send her a message; but it could not be done. Everyone who went in or out of her house was closely watched. The doctor said he would take my children, unless she became responsible for them; which of course she willingly did.  The next day was spent in searching.  Before night, the following advertisement was posted at every corner, and in every public place for miles round:”

 

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$300 REWARD!

2               Ran away from the subscriber, an intelligent, bright, mulatto girl, named    Linda, 21 years of age.  Five feet four inches high.  Dark eyes, and black hair   inclined to curl; but it can be made straight.  Has a decayed spot on a front tooth.  She can read and write, and in all probability will try to get to the Free States.  All persons are forbidden, under penalty of law, to harbor or employ said slave.  $150 will be given to whoever takes her in the state, and $300 if  taken out of the state and delivered to me, or lodged in jail.

Dr. Flint
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1          In paragraph 1, the word thoroughly means –

       A     partially

       B     somewhat

       C     fairly

       D     completely

8.4b-application

2          In paragraph 1, the word watch means –

       F     timepiece

       G     ignore

       H     lookout

       J     concentrate

8.4b application
3     In paragraph 1, the word distressed means –

       A     relieved

       B     worried

       C     comforted

       D     blessed

8.4b - application

4     Which of these statements is an opinion?

       F     Harriet Jacobs was a very brave girl.

       G     Harriet Jacobs could read and write.

       H     Harriet Jacobs was a fugitive.

       J     Harriet Jacobs was a mother.

8.6f- analysis

5     Which of the following does not describe the narrator?

       A     five foot four inches

       B     dark eyes

       C     crooked teeth

       D     hair sometimes curly

8.5 6- analysis

6     The reader can conclude that Harriet Jacobs –

       F     was a doctor

       G     ran from slavery

       H     wanted to be a teacher

       J     was in jail

8.6b-analysis

7     Which organizational pattern is used in paragraph 1?

       A     generalization

       B     cause and effect

       C     process

       D     contrast and compare

8.6i- analysis

8     The main purpose of the paragraph 2 is to –

       F     encourage Harriet Jacobs to surrender

       G     encourage others to capture Harriet Jacobs

       H     detail Harriet Jacobs’ plans

       J     detail Dr. Flint’s advertisement

8.6c- analysis

Part 2___________________________________________________________ 

1.    Which 3 details support the fact that paragraph one is written in the first person point of view?

A. The writer uses the pronoun “I”
B. The writer uses the pronoun “My.
C   The writer uses the pronoun “She.
D.  The narrator is a character in the story.
E.  The narrator is not a character in the story.

8.5c- analysis

2.    Which words does the author use to reveal the characterization of Linda?

A. Mulatto
B.   Intelligent

C. Decayed tooth

D. Distressed

E. Thoroughly

8.5c- analysis

3.    Which detail is most relevant to Linda’s characterization as a fugitive?

A. Mulatto

B.  Decayed tooth
C.      Bright

D.  “…in all probability will try to get to the Free States.”

E.  She can read and write

8.5c- analysis

4.    Which sentences in paragraph #2 contain a statement of fact?

A. She can read and write.

B.    “…and in all probability will try to get to the Free States.”

C.    an intelligent, bright, mulatto girl

D. 21 years of age

E.  $150 will be given to whoever takes her in the state.

8.6f- analysis

5.    Which of the following causes the subscriber to offer $150 to whoever takes her in the state?

A.  She ran away

B. They cannot find her

C. There was a law against harboring fugitives.
D.   Everyone who went in or out of the grandmother’s house was closely watched.

E.   She could read and write

8.6j-comprehension

6.    The title of the text implies –

A.   This is a narrative.

B.  This is a true story.

C. This is about a slave

D. This story is false
E.  This is an advertisement

8.6d- analysis

7.    Which features tell the reader that this is an example of narrative nonfiction?

A. It is a story.
B.    It is true.

C. It is about a slave.
D.  This story is false.-

E.The author’s name is Harriett Jacobs

8.5d- analysis

8.    Which of the following provides a visual image of Linda?

A. Bright

B. Intelligent

C.  She can read and write

D. Dark eyes

E.  Five feet four inches high

8.5b- analysis

9.    Which questions are answered in paragraph #2?

A.  What is the name of the slave?

B.  How tall is she?

C. How much are they willing to pay for her capture out of state?

D. Where did they last see her?

E. Who wrote the advertisement?

      8.6l -comprehension