Abolitionism: The Movement to End Slavery

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In what ways were the women treated as second-class citizens, at the time of the Seneca Falls Convention (1848)? [Select ALL that APPLY]

• women could not sign a legal contract

• a women's paycheck went to her husband

• in a divorce legal custody of kids went to the father

• women could not attend public universities

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a person advocating that the right to vote be extended to more people, especially women. ..

• abolitionist

• emancipation

• suffragist

• temperance

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This reformer advocated for women's rights and organized the Seneca Falls Convention. She also wrote the "Declaration of Sentiments."

• Amelia Bloomer

• Sojourner Truth

• Susan B. Anthony

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Multiple Choice

The Declaration of Sentiments adopted at the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848 was modeled on the _________________________ written by Thomas Jefferson.

• Uncle Tom's Cabin

• Declaration of Independence

• The Scarlet Letter

• The Constitution

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In the fight for equity in rights for women as citizens in the United States, the women at the Seneca Falls Convention agreed on everything EXCEPT this right, which they were divided on.

• the right to sign legal documents

• the right to public education

• the right to own property

• the right to vote

Multiple Choice

The fight for suffrage, and who would be able to vote first, ultimately divided these two groups of people within the United States. Which two groups, once allies, were divided after the 15th Amendment?

• White women and African American women

• White men and African American women

• White women and African American men

• White men and African American men

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This reformer was born into slavery and escaped. He wrote for "The Liberator" as well as his own autobiography.

• Horace Mann

• Frederick Douglass

• William Lloyd Garrison

• John Brown

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This radical abolitionist supported the use violence to end slavery. They led a rebellion in 1859 to seize an armory at Harper's Ferry.

• Horace Mann

• Frederick Douglass

• William Lloyd Garrison

• John Brown

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What was radical about William Lloyd Garrison's ideas?

• He wanted violators of Prohibition to be jailed for life

• He wanted all of the United States to abide by the rules of the Book of Mormon

• He demanded the immediate ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment for women

• He called for the immediate emancipation [freedom] of all slaves

Multiple Choice

In the fight for equal rights, Frederick Douglass supported the right of suffrage for who FIRST?

• African American men

• men

• women

• African American women

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The 15th Amendment gave the right to vote to who?

• women

• African American men

• white women

• all African Americans