USA HISTORY

RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877

WOMENS SUFFRAGE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The Declaration of Sentiments was modeled after what famous document?
A
The Declaration of Independence
B
The Constitution
C
The Bill of Rights
D
The Magna Carta
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In preparation for the convention, Stanton drafted a “Declaration of Rights and Sentiments, ” which she modeled after the Declaration of Independence. In the document, she called for moral, economic, and political equality for women.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Declaration of Sentiments was modeled after the U.S. Declaration of Independence and borrowed language from the antislavery movement, demanding that women be given full rights of citizenship. Sixty-eight women and 32 men signed the document.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Declaration of Sentiments, written primarily by Stanton, was based on the Declaration of Independence to parallel the struggles of the Founding Fathers with those of the women’s movement.

Detailed explanation-4: -Now known as the Declaration of Sentiments, the document was based on the Declaration of Independence. It proclaimed that “all men and women are created equal” and resolved that women would take action to claim the rights of citizenship denied to them by men.

Detailed explanation-5: -Declaration of Sentiments “We hold these truths to be self-evident; that all men and women are created equal, ” the document stated. Inspired by the Declaration of Independence, the Declaration of Sentiments asserted women’s equality in politics, family, education, jobs, religion and morals.

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