Women's Role in Pre-Civil War America

What principle gave husbands authority over their wives' choices and property?

• Republican Motherhood

• Cult of Domesticity

• Coverture

• Patriarchal Structure

Which movement was founded by Frances Willard?

• The National Woman Suffrage Association

• The Women's Christian Temperance Union

• The American Anti-Slavery Society

• The American Temperance Society

Who was the first African American woman to lecture to mixed male and female audiences?

• Maria Stewart

• Harriet Tubman

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• Sojourner Truth

What was the main focus of the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848?

• To promote temperance

• To support industrial workers

• To end slavery

• To advocate for women's suffrage

Which clothing innovation is attributed to Amelia Bloomer?

• Bloomer dress

• The corset

• The hoop skirt

• The petticoat

What was the primary focus of the Seneca Falls Convention's Declaration of Sentiments?

• The abolition of slavery

• Women's suffrage

• Labor rights

• Educational reform

The Second Great Awakening contributed to the growth of which of the following?

• Monarchies in Europe

• Social and reform movements in the United States

• The spread of communism

• The decline of religious belief