Seneca Falls Convention Quiz

What was the main goal of the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848?

• To protest slavery and demand the end of child labor

• To write new laws that gave women better factory jobs

• To demand equal rights for women, including the right to vote

• To celebrate women’s achievements in education and medicine

Why did Elizabeth Cady Stanton and others include suffrage in the Declaration of Sentiments?

• They wanted women to have their own political parties

• They believed voting was the key to gaining other rights

• They were trying to end all laws related to marriage

• They needed a way to make the convention longer

What was one reason some delegates at Seneca Falls were unsure about including suffrage?

• They believed it would upset enslaved people

• They thought the issue had already been solved

• They believed it would make the movement look too radical

• They thought women would not be interested in voting

Which of the following people strongly supported women’s suffrage at the Seneca Falls Convention?

• Lucretia Mott

• Horace Mann

• Sojourner Truth

• Frederick Douglass

According to the Declaration of Sentiments, how had women been treated unfairly in the 1800s?

• They were required to serve in the military

• Their property and wages became their husband’s when they married

• They were not allowed to marry or raise children

• They were forced to attend religious schools