UntitleWomens rights in the 19th centuryd video quiz

What was the ideology of 'Republican Motherhood'?

• Women should remain uneducated

• Women should work in factories

• Women should focus on raising children who would become future voters and leaders

• Women should participate in politics

In the colonial era, what was the general status of American women of European descent?

• They were primarily involved in politics

• They had more rights than their European counterparts

• They were legally and socially subservient to men

• They were equal to men in all aspects

What was one of the main reasons women wanted the right to vote in the mid-1800s?

• To become teachers

• To close down or regulate saloons

• To own factories

• To participate in wars

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

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• Sojourner Truth

• Maria Stewart

• Sarah Grimke

What was the significance of the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848?

• It was a political rally for women's suffrage

• It was a gathering to promote women's education

• It was a meeting to discuss the abolition of slavery

• It was the first women's rights convention