Abigail Adams and the Women Who Shaped America

Why did Abigail Adams question whether her husband should run for the presidency?

• She did not want to move to Washington, DC.

• She was afraid the job was too difficult

• She did not like politics.

• She wanted to live in Europe instead of America.

Abigail Adams thought the war was too close to home. What evidence supports this idea?

• She was raised on her family’s farm.

• She watched stunned as soldiers fought to their deaths.

• She loved to learn.

• She wrote many letters in her life.

How was Mercy Otis Warren different from Abigail Adams?

• She went to Harvard.

• She was against rights for women.

• She wrote plays that encouraged patriotism.

• She loved to write, but Abigail did not.

Who are traitors?

• people who support their government and country

• men who fight in wars

• people who betray their government

• women who supported Great Britain in the American Revolution

According to the text, Abigail Adams was a woman “ahead of her time.” What evidence supports this main idea?

• She wanted laws to protect women.

• She let her husband know how hard the war was on her.

• She grew to love farming.

• She held her head high and supported her husband.

The role of women in the American Revolution included all these EXCEPT _____.

• serving as military leaders

• caring for the wounded

• aiding people in their communities that needed help

• fighting alongside their husbands