1830s abolitionist movements

True or False: During the 1830s Women attended anti-slavery meetings and circulated petitions to Congress.

• True

• False

What experience did Angelina and Sarah Grimke have with slavery?

• They were born into a slaveholding family and later became abolitionists.

• They were born into a family of abolitionists who opposed slavery.
• They were prominent slave owners who supported the institution.
• They were never involved with slavery.

True/False: The sight of women lecturing in public and taking part in public debate on political questions aroused considerable criticism.

• True

• False

True or False: Catherine Beecher supported women joining abolitionist societies because it would unite Americans.

• True

• False

According to Catherine Beecher, why should women avoid joining abolition societies?

• Because women were too busy with domestic duties

• Because it could divide the nation and destroy it

• Because men already agreed with abolition

• Because women were not allowed to read or write

True or False: Catherine Beecher supported equal rights for women.

• True

• False

How does Catherine Beecher describe the proper role of women?

• As equal citizens with the same rights as men

• As warriors who should fight alongside men

• As dependent, peaceful influencers in domestic and social life

• As rulers over men and children

Angelina Grimke published “Human rights not founded on sex (gender)” (August 2nd 1837) in the abolitionist paper The Liberator, after reading Catherine Beecher’s essay in 1836. Whose newspaper was The Liberator?

• Sojourner Truth
• William Lloyd Garrison
• Harriet Beecher Stowe
• Frederick Douglass

What was Angelina Grimké’s main argument about human rights?

• Rights come from government laws

• Rights come from being moral beings regardless of sex

• Rights are different for men and women because of sociental differences

• Rights should only apply to white men

According to Grimké, what negative effects came from assigning duties by gender?

• Men became tyrannical and women were reduced to pets or slaves

• Women became rulers and men lost influence

• Families were happier and society was more stable

• Men lost jobs to women