8. THE EARLY REPUBLIC, 1790

Quiz for Guided Analysis Document 8.1 Samuel Jennings, Liberty Displaying the Arts and Sciences, 1792

Quiz for Guided Analysis Document 8.1: Samuel Jennings, Liberty Displaying the Arts and Sciences, 1792

Guided Analysis Document 8.1: Samuel Jennings, Liberty Displaying the Arts and Sciences, 1792

Choose the best answer to the question.

Question 8.1

1. Which of the following accurately describes the intended message of Samuel Jennings’s “Liberty Displaying the Arts and Sciences”?

Abolition

Proslavery

Anti-American

Anti-British

Question 8.2

2. How does the artist depict the freed peoples within the image?

Angry and bitter

Sad and dejected

Serious and determined

Grateful and excited

Question 8.3

3. Why might the artist have chosen to depict Lady Liberty teaching the arts and sciences rather than free people working their own land or learning trade skills?

To emphasize the importance of the liberal arts

To criticize the manual labor trades like farming

To equate the intellect of Africans and Europeans

To condemn the education of Africans

Question 8.4

4. What symbolism within the image supports the ideas of emancipation?

The broken chains

The ships on the sea

The lyre and music

The Africans outside

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