Women’s Rights Quiz Study Guide
Terms and People
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1. Abigail Adams |
2. Lucretia Mott |
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3. Elizabeth Cady Stanton |
4. Susan B. Anthony |
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5. Coverture |
6. Deborah Sampson |
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7. Seneca Falls Convention |
8. Declaration of Rights and Sentiments |
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9. Alice Paul |
10. Pink Collar Jobs |
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11. Family Wage |
12. 19th Amendment |
Five
Events to know:
1. Declaration
of Independence – 1776
2. Mississippi
Women’s Property Act Passed – 1839
3. Seneca Falls Convention – 1848
4. Susan
B. Anthony’s Arrest – 1872
5. Nineteenth
Amendment ratified – 1920
Short
answer questions:
1. Why
do you think the delegates who crafted and signed the Declaration of Independence did not follow Abigail Adams’ plea
to remember the ladies?
2. What
did the coverture system provide for women? What did they need to sacrifice in
this system?
3. How
did American wars help women gain more respect, rights, and jobs?
4. How
did Susan B. Anthony feel about marriage (see video notes)
5. What
new ways of protests did women like Alice Paul introduce in the early 1900’s in order to gain voting rights? (see Momday’s notes)
