To which event from his life did frederick douglass refer as “the entrance to the hell of slavery”?
a. the first time he was denied knowledge
b. the first time his mother was taken from him
c. the first time he saw a slave being whipped
d. the first time he worked the fields of a plantation

The correct answer is C) The first time he saw a slave being whipped.

Explanation:

Frederick Douglass was a prolific African American orator and abolitionist who wrote about the hell of slavery and became a leader for the abolitionist movement.

He wrote that the entrance to the hell of slavery was when he saw Captain Anthony whipping Aunt Hester because she was not supposed to be with other slaves and Captain Anthony wanted her for himself. Douglas witnessed this at a young age and introduced him to slavery and male masters' relations to female slaves.

a.) it provides a clue to solve the mystery.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)