Quiz on the Declaration of Sentiments

According to the Declaration of Sentiments, to which of the following do all people have an “inalienable” right? Choose three options.

• life

• liberty

• property

• custody of children

• pursuit of happiness

In the Declaration of Sentiments, what does Stanton list as the first self-evident truth?

• All citizens should be allowed to vote.

• All men and women are created equal.

• Men and women should be equal partners in marriage.

• Women should be entitled to attend the college of their choice.

Into what categories do the grievances listed in the Declaration of Sentiments mainly fall? Choose three options.

• grievances about the press

• grievances about voting rights

• grievances about marriage

• grievances about religion

• grievances about property ownership

Which of the following is the best definition of degraded?

• superior; elevated in quality

• inferior; lowered in quality

• certified; recognized officially

• unlicensed; lacking permission

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

In which situation has one group most clearly oppressed another? Base your answer on the meaning of oppressed.

• Last year, the farmers gave half of their crops to the soldiers to ensure that the soldiers would protect them from possible invaders.

• Last year, the farmers gave half of their crops to the banks in neighboring villages to pay off their bank loans.

• Last year, the farmers had to give half of their crops to the soldiers to prevent the soldiers from burning their fields.

• Last year, the farmers gave half of their crops to the neediest people in neighboring villages.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

If someone is in a subordinate position relative to someone else, which of the following statements must be true? Base your answer on the meaning of subordinate.

• The subordinate person holds the same job as the other person.

• The subordinate person has total authority over the other person.

• The subordinate person is under the control of the other person.

• The subordinate person supports and cares for the other person.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is the author’s main purpose in writing the Declaration of Sentiments?

• to get women to refrain from marriage so they can own property

• to get citizens to organize peaceful demonstrations for women’s right to vote

• to get citizens to demand that the government pass laws granting women the same rights as male citizens

• to get women to refuse to obey laws passed by elected legislators for whom they had no opportunity to vote

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

Which excerpt best supports the the author's main purpose of Declaration of Sentiments?

• The history of mankind is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations on the part of man toward woman, having in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over her.

• He has compelled her to submit to laws, in the formation of which she had no voice.

• He has made her, if married, in the eye of the law, civilly dead.

• He has taken from her all right in property, even to the wages she earns.

• [W]e insist that [women] have immediate admission to all the rights and privileges which belong to them as citizens of the United States.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

Which of the following best states the central idea of the Declaration of Sentiments?

• Women are held to higher moral standards than men are.

• Women are not equal partners with their husbands in marriage.

• Women are entitled to the same natural rights enjoyed by men.

• Women have been held down by being denied higher education.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which excerpt best supports the central idea of Declaration of Sentiments?

• We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights….

• In the covenant of marriage, she is compelled to promise obedience to her husband, he becoming, to all intents and purposes, her master—the law giving him power to deprive her of her liberty, and to administer chastisement.

• He has denied her the facilities for obtaining a thorough education, all colleges being closed against her.

• He has created a false public sentiment by giving to the world a different code of morals for men and women, by which moral delinquencies which exclude women from society, are not only tolerated, but deemed of little account in man.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2