Rights for Women (#1-10)

Single, educated women in the 1800s were most likely to become

• lawyers.

• doctors.

• business owners.

• teachers.

Which statement best describes the idea of True Womanhood that dictated the role of women in the 1800s?

• A married woman stays at home to raise her children, and obeys her husband.

• A single woman becomes a teacher so she can contribute to the family income when she gets married.

• A single woman works in a factory by day and goes to college in the evening.

• A married woman volunteers, and works to promote social reform.

In the 1800s, middle-class women in America had

• few job opportunities.

• many job opportunities.

• many educational opportunities.

• few chances to stay at home.

In the 1800s, society dictated that women should not participate in

• public life.

• family life.

• church life.

• cultural life.

In the 1800s, unmarried women had

• more rights than married women.

• the same rights as married women.

• fewer rights than married women.

• no rights, just like married women.

In the 1800s, American women could not vote because

• they could not pass a written exam.

• the US Constitution did not allow it.

• they did not own land or property.

• state constitutions did not extend that right.

Which statement best describes women’s legal rights in the United States during the early 1800s?

• Women’s legal rights were restricted to serving on juries in local courts.

• Women had few legal rights, and were barred from the court system.

• Women could study law to protect the few legal rights they had.

• Women’s legal rights could be protected only in courts led by female judges.

Which social movement stemmed from the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848?

• the abolitionist movement

• the public education movement

• the women’s rights movement

• the temperance movement

Why did Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton decide to organize the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848?

• During an antislavery convention, women activists were prevented from speaking, which made them focus on women’s rights.

• The two women saw how effective women organizers were in churches and other religious institutions and wanted to build on that.

• They wanted women to become leaders of a movement because men led the abolitionist and temperance movements.

• Because their involvement in other social movements had failed, they wanted to start something they thought could succeed.

The Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 was unique because it

• was the first time women were activists.

• organized women to fight for their rights.

• started the first social protest movement.

• was open only to female participants.