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WorksheetsSeneca Falls Convention
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 36mins
Which of these advocated for woman's rights in the 19th century?
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Harriet Tubman
Dorothea Dix
What does Suffrage mean?
The ability to endure pain.
The right to have children.
The right to own property.
The right to vote.
In 1849 women were expected to
Get a job and contribute to the home financially
Go to college and only marry if she really wanted to.
Get married and live at home taking care of the home.
Participate in the political decisions of the country.
What was the purpose of the Seneca Falls Convention?
It fought for the social, civil, and religious rights of women.
It fought for the rights of slaves and freedom of slaves.
It fought for the idea that the nation should become more peaceful in light of things like bleeding Kansas.
It fought for the rights of women to stay at home and not be forced to work in factories.
The ninth resolution at the Seneca Falls Convention called for
The right to marry who they wanted.
The right to own property.
The right vote.
The right to run for political office.
Which one of these things is not mentioned as something that women weren't allowed to do in the Seneca Falls reading passage?
speak in church
raise lil childs
vote
enter into contracts
Which two women were mainly responsible for organizing the Seneca Falls Convention?
Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. Anthony and Harriet Beecher Stowe
Harriet Beecher Stowe and Lucretia Mott
Which of the following documents became the major achievement of the Seneca Falls Convention?
The Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of the Rights of Women
The 19th Amendment of the United States Constitution
The Declaration of Sentiments
Which of these best describes how many journalists felt about the convention?
Newspapers reported that the convention was uneventful and boring.
Journalists were shocked, saying it was unnatural for women to want equal rights.
Every newspaper praised the event; no one had anything negative to say about it.
There were no articles about it, because no one knew it was happening.
According to the Seneca Falls article, in the 1830s and 1840s, there were a few women who began to speak up for the rights of women.
True
False
The Seneca Falls Convention took place in Seneca Falls, New York, on July 19-20, (a) .
Most of the 1,000 people who attended the Seneca Falls Convention were women.
True
False
How many women signed the Declaration of Sentiments at the Seneca Falls Convention?
(a)
What did Lucretia Mott do in 1821?
She became a Quaker Minister and delivered anti-slavery sermons.
She delivered a major speech about the importance of women's suffrage.
She wrote an article about the evils of slavery, which appeared in many newspapers.
She ran for a seat in the United States Senate, something no woman had ever done.
Which document is Lucretia Mott known for signing?
The Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Sentiments
The 19th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution
The Emancipation Proclamation
According to the lesson, how was Mott thought of by many at the time of her death?
She was viewed as a trouble-maker who caused many problems.
She had already been forgotten by most at the time of her death.
She was regarded as the greatest woman of the 19th Century.
She was remembered only as a loving mother and wife.
Lucretia Mott founded the Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society.
True
False
Following the Civil War, Lucretia Mott became the first president of the American Equal Rights Association.
True
False
