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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What did Abigail Adams ask John Adams in 1776? | To “remember the ladies” and consider women's rights when forming the new government. |
| How did John Adams respond to Abigail’s request? | He laughed and dismissed her plea, unwilling to give up male power. |
| What did Judith Sargent Murray write in 1790? | An essay arguing women were as capable as men but denied education. |
| What is coverture? | A legal doctrine where husbands controlled their wives’ property and decisions. |
| What was the idea of Republican Motherhood? | That women should be educated to raise virtuous, informed citizens. |
| What was the impact of Republican Motherhood on women's roles? | It encouraged education for women but limited their role to the home. |
| What was significant about New Jersey’s voting law in 1797? | It used the term “he or she,” allowing some women to vote. |
| Why was New Jersey’s voting law changed in 1807? | To limit voting rights to white men, ending women’s brief right to vote. |
| How did the Market Revolution affect women's choices? | Women could work in factories or embrace domestic life. |
| What was the Cult of Domesticity (Cult of True Womanhood)? | A belief that ideal women were religious, pure, submissive, and focused on home. |
| What were the four key traits of True Womanhood? | Piety, purity, submissiveness, and domesticity. |
| What were “Lowell Girls”? | Young women working in New England textile mills during the early 1800s. |
| Why did factory owners like hiring women? | Women worked for lower wages and were seen as easier to control. |
| How were women affected by factory work? | They gained income and independence, but worked long hours in poor conditions. |
| What was the purpose of the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848? | To demand equal rights for women, including the right to vote. |
| Who organized the Seneca Falls Convention? | Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott. |
| What document was modeled after the Declaration of Independence at Seneca Falls? | The Declaration of Sentiments. |
| What did the Declaration of Sentiments declare? | That “all men and women are created equal.” |
| What right was the most controversial at Seneca Falls? | The right to vote for women. |
| Who supported women’s right to vote at the convention? | Frederick Douglass. |
| What did Sojourner Truth’s speech “Ain’t I a Woman?” challenge? | Racism and sexism, asking why Black women were treated differently. |
| What did Sojourner Truth argue about women’s strength? | That women, including Black women, were strong and deserved equal rights. |
| What did women abolitionists begin to see by the 1830s? | That they too were denied rights and began linking women’s rights with abolition. |
| Why did many Americans oppose women speaking publicly in the 1800s? | They believed it was improper and unladylike. |
| What role did women play in reform movements of the 1800s? | They organized, protested, and spoke out in abolition, temperance, and education reform. |
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