USA HISTORY

LIFE IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA 1807 1861

REFORM MOVEMENTS OF THE 19TH CENTURY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott are MOST associated with what social issue during the 19th Century?
A
women’s equality
B
abolition of slavery
C
the temperance movement
D
increased public education
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Mott’s fight against slavery continued, but in 1840, her activism would adopt an additional cause that would change the course of history forever. That year she and James were selected as Pennsylvania delegates to the World Anti-Slavery Convention in London.

Detailed explanation-2: -Elizabeth Cady Stanton was an American leader in the women’s rights movement. In 1848, at the Seneca Falls Convention, she drafted the first organized demand for women’s suffrage in the United States.

Detailed explanation-3: -Elizabeth Cady Stanton was an American leader in the women’s rights movement who, in 1848, formulated the first organized demand for woman suffrage in the United States. Stanton received a superior education at home, at the Johnstown Academy, and at Emma Willard’s Troy Female Seminary, from which she graduated in 1832.

Detailed explanation-4: -Stanton forever changed the social and political landscape of the United States of America by succeeding in her work to guarantee rights for women and slaves. Her unwavering dedication to women’s suffrage resulted in the 19th amendment to the Constitution, which granted women the right to vote.

Detailed explanation-5: -Throughout her life Mott remained active in both the abolition and women’s rights movements. She continued to speak out against slavery, and in 1866 she became the first president of the American Equal Rights Association, an organization formed to achieve equality for African Americans and women.

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