Declaration of Sentiments

1. What is the goal of the Declaration of Sentiments?

A) equal rights for women

B) equal rights for minorities

C) abolition of slavery

D) abolition of capital punishment

2. Where and when was the Declaration of Sentiments first released?

A) Philadelphia, 1776

B) Seneca Falls, 1848

C) Harper’s Ferry, 1859

D) Washington DC, 1863

3. At what type of event was the Declaration of Sentiments first presented?

A) a memorial concert

B) a statue unveiling

C) a convention

D) a fundraiser

4. The text of the Declaration of Sentiments is based on what document? (short answer)

5. Who wrote most of the Declaration of Sentiments?

A) Lucretia Mott

B) Susan B. Anthony

C) Elizabeth Cady Stanton

D) Amy Post

6. According to the Declaration, if a government becomes tyrannical, what recourse do its citizens have?

A) the right to protest against the government

B) the right to strike against the government

C) the right to institute new government

D) the right to leave the governed territory

7. What is the first affront listed in the Declaration of Sentiments?

A) that women may be enslaved in certain US states

B) that the right to bear arms is forbidden to women

C) that freedom of speech is forbidden to women

D) that the right to vote is forbidden to women

8. In the mid-19th century, a married American woman’s property rights are controlled by whom? (short answer)

9. What major institutions are closed in the mid-1800s to women?

A) banks

B) libraries

C) colleges

D) hospitals

10. What important professions are not available to women in the mid-1800s?

A) teaching and counseling

B) retailing, wholesaling and finance

C) midwifery, nursing, and healing

D) theology, law, and medicine

11. What double standard do men enjoy that forces women to behave with great restraint?

A) Men can join the armed services and use firearms.

B) Men can invest in companies and increase their wealth.

C) Men can commit wrongdoings that would have a woman censored by society.

D) Men can degrade women publicly with impunity.

12. According to the Declaration, in what ethical matters could a man override a woman? (short answer)

13. According to the Declaration, men have encouraged women to do what?

A) speak as they wish but not act

B) lead a dependent and abject life

C) campaign for women’s suffrage

D) finally improve their self-respect

14. What does the Declaration conclude that woman ought to do next?

A) insist on justice for all regardless of gender

B) insist on liberty for all regardless of gender

C) insist on full citizenship rights for women

D) insist on a formal hearing before Congress

15. What is the hoped-for result of the first women’s convention?

A) that women rise up in arms and rebel

B) that women stage a general strike

C) that more women’s groups are convened nationwide

D) that women talk about desired change with their husbands

16. Among the 99 signers of the Declaration of Sentiments, how many were men?

A) 32

B) 67

C) none

D) two

17. Which man who signed the Declaration was also a world-renowned abolitionist?

A) John Brown

B) Ralph Waldo Emerson

C) Henry David Thoreau

D) Frederick Douglass

18. What was the most important political outcome of the women’s suffrage movement that began with the Declaration of Sentiments? (short answer)