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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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The Declaration of Sentiments focused specifically on the rights of women who were

A
citizens and should have had equal rights.
B
married and should have had equality with their husbands.
C
unmarried and needed to support themselves.
D
unmarried and should have been required to go to school.
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Property rights laws in the 1800s declared that

A
women who worked had to give their pay to their husbands.
B
women who were single could not work in factories.
C
women who were married could own property.
D
women who were married could not earn wages.
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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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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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During the Second Great Awakening, how did revival meetings differ from traditional church services in America?

A
Revival meetings were loud and exciting, while church services tended to be formal and quiet.
B
Revival meetings were led by Protestants, while church services were led by Catholics.
C
Revival meetings only took place outdoors, while church services only took place indoors.
D
Revival meetings were led by preachers, while church services were led by church members.
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Who started the common school movement?

A
Dorothea Dix
B
Richard Allen
C
Horace Mann
D
Juliann Jane Tillman
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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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The roots of the Second Great Awakening were in

A
Catholicism.
B
Protestantism.
C
reformism.
D
utopianism.
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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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