Reform Day 5

This excerpt was written by:

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton

• Susan B Anthony

• Abraham Lincoln

• George Bush

What document did the author model her words after?

• The Constitution

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Bill of Rights

• The Magna Carta

What two words does the author add to make it different from the original, modeled text? Why were those words included?

• The author adds and women - She’s trying to make the point that men and

  women are equals and should have the same

  rights

• The author adds 'creative' and 'approach' to make it different.

• The author adds 'innovative' and 'method' to make it different.

• The author adds 'distinct' and 'technique' to make it different.

What movement was the author a part of, and were its goals achieved?

• The author was part of the Civil Rights Movement, and its goals were achieved.

• The author was part of the Civil Rights Movement, but its goals were not achieved.

• The author was part of the Environmental Movement, and its goals were achieved.

• The author was part of the Environmental Movement, but its goals were not achieved.

Determine which description is connected to the reformer. Write the letter in the correct box.

• Susan B. Anthony

• Worked to change the role of women in society and fought for women’s right to vote

• Henry David Thoreau

• Refused to pay taxes as a form of civil disobedience since the government refused to outlaw slavery

• Fredrick Douglass

• Leader of the abolitionist movement, famous speaker, and author of the newspaper The North Star

• Harriet Tubman

• Known as “Moses”, helped numerous runaway slaves make it North to freedom.

How were women viewed in society in the 1800s AND what was the goal of the women’s rights movement?

• Women were viewed as equals and the goal was to maintain equality.

• Women were viewed as subservient and the goal was to gain equal rights.

• Women were viewed as leaders and the goal was to support male dominance.

• Women were viewed as independent and the goal was to restrict their rights.

means peacefully refusing to follow a law in order to make a point.

• Civil disobedience

• Protest

• Revolution

• Anarchy

founded the Transcendentalist Movement.

• Ralph Waldo Emerson

• Henry David Thoreau

• Walt Whitman

• Nathaniel Hawthorne

worked to end the practice of slavery.

• Abolitionists

• Industrialists

• Colonialists

• Monarchists

was known for her speeches about slavery.

• Sojourner Truth

• Harriet Tubman

• Frederick Douglass

• Rosa Parks