LIFE IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA 1807 1861
REFORM MOVEMENTS OF THE 19TH CENTURY
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Public education was not addressed.
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Women were still excluded from voting.
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Slavery was still allowed in the territories.
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Native Americans gained citizenship.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The 15th amendment, first proposed in 1868, promised voting rights to all men, regardless of race or previous enslavement. While both Stanton and Anthony had been abolitionists, they were opposed to the 15th amendment because it did not include voting rights for women.
Detailed explanation-2: -The National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA) was formed by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony in May of 1869 – they opposed the 15th amendment because it excluded women.
Detailed explanation-3: -This is because, for the first time, the proposed Amendment added the word “male” into the US Constitution. Section 2, which dealt explicitly with voting rights, used the term “male.” And women’s rights advocates, especially those who were promoting woman suffrage or the granting of the vote to women, were outraged.