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Which of the following statements best explains why the Declaration of Sentiments was used as a foundation for the women’s rights movement?

A
The Declaration of Sentiments called for women to have voting rights as full US citizens.
B
The Declaration of Sentiments demanded that women attain equality in politics and government.
C
The Declaration of Sentiments declared that women should be more assertive in family life.
D
The Declaration of Sentiments requested that unmarried women be granted property rights.
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Which statement best describes the idea of true womanhood that dictated the role of women in the 1800s?

A
Married women obeyed their husbands and stayed at home to raise their children.
B
Single women worked in factories by day and went to college in the evening.
C
Married women volunteered and worked to promote social reform.
D
Single women became teachers so they could contribute to the family income when they got married.
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Which statement best describes women’s legal rights in the early 1800s in the United States?

A
Women had few legal rights and were barred from the court system.
B
Women often studied the law to protect the few legal rights they possessed.
C
Women’s legal rights were restricted to serving on juries in local courts.
D
Women’s legal cases could only be heard in courts led by female judges.
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How did the Declaration of Sentiments help the women’s movement?

A
Its list of demands included the right for women to have the vote.
B
Its list of demands included the right for women to become teachers.
C
Its list of demands included safe conditions for women workers.
D
Its list of demands included the right for women to organize protests.
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In the 1800s, Dorothea Dix worked to improve conditions in

A
prisons and hospitals.
B
mills and factories.
C
utopian communities.
D
public schools.
6

Who started the common school movement?

A
Dorothea Dix
B
Richard Allen
C
Horace Mann
D
Juliann Jane Tillman
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In the 1800s, unmarried women in America had

A
more rights than married women.
B
fewer rights than married women.
C
no rights, and neither did married women.
D
the same rights as married women.
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What was the biggest obstacle to women gaining more rights in the 1800s?

A
Women could not own property.
B
Only unmarried women had rights.
C
Women did not have the right to vote.
D
Only a few women went to college.
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Which movement worked to curtail the drinking of alcohol in the 1800s?

A
the suffrage movement
B
the abolitionist movement
C
the revivalist movement
D
the temperance movement
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The formation of some utopian communities in the 1800s was an example of

A
an interest in creating an ideal or perfect society.
B
a desire to improve people’s economic and social class.
C
an opposition to the practices of slavery and discrimination.
D
a growing interest in the education of young people.

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