USA HISTORY

RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877

WOMENS SUFFRAGE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The The Declaration of Sentiments was written in the same style as the American ____ of 1776.
A
Constitution
B
Bill of Rights
C
Mayflower Compact
D
Declaration of Independence
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -The Declaration of Sentiments is modeled after the Declaration of Independence because they are both have the same wording, and they cover the same concepts but it is directed toward women wanting their rights.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Some of the differences between the two would include that the Declaration of Independence was an outline for patient sufferance for all citizens of the colonies as a whole, while the Declaration of Sentiments was an outline for patient sufferance for all women under the government, no men.

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