Question

directions: read each scenario and determine whose point of view is being represented. choose from the following options: (answers may be used more than once) an enslaved person a northern citizen harriet beecher stowe a confederate citizen jefferson davis frederick douglass stephen douglas 1. “popular sovereignty is the most democratic way to resolve the slavery question.” who said this? 2. “if there is no struggle, there is no progress.” the speaker is advocating for the rights of african americans. who said this? 3. “slavery is a moral evil that must be abolished.” the speaker is a woman who wrote a famous book about slavery. who said this? 4. “we merely asserted a right which the declaration of independence defined to be inalienable.” who said this? 5. “all men are created equal.” the speaker is trying to preserve the union and end slavery. who said this? 6. “the war was testing whether a democratic society could survive.” who said this? 7. “i am treated like property and sold whenever profit can be made.” who said this? 8. “the government established by the people in the constitution is meant to be permanent.” who said this?

Explanation:

1. Stephen Douglas promoted popular sovereignty as a way to resolve the slavery - question through local votes on the matter.
2. Frederick Douglass was an advocate for African - American rights and stressed the importance of struggle for progress.
3. Harriet Beecher Stowe was a woman who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin, a famous book about the evils of slavery.
4. Jefferson Davis, as the leader of the Confederacy, believed the Confederacy was asserting a right defined as inalienable in the Declaration of Independence.
5. Abraham Lincoln (not in the options but in the spirit of the statement about equality and preserving the Union and ending slavery) is often associated with the idea of "all men are created equal" in the context of the Civil - War era. Since he is not an option, it could be a Northern Citizen who supports the Union and abolition.
6. Abraham Lincoln (not in the options) saw the Civil War as a test of the survival of a democratic society. Again, a Northern Citizen could be expressing this view.
7. An Enslaved Person would be the one treated like property and sold for profit.
8. Jefferson Davis believed in the permanence of the government established by the people in the Constitution (in the context of the Confederacy's view of its own legitimacy).

Answer:

1. Stephen Douglas
2. Frederick Douglass
3. Harriet Beecher Stowe
4. Jefferson Davis
5. A Northern Citizen
6. A Northern Citizen
7. An Enslaved Person
8. Jefferson Davis