RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
WOMENS SUFFRAGE
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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The weather was nicer and men were not as angry
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Pioneer women work side by side with men on the land
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Slavery ended in the West sooner and this encourage men to give women the right to vote
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -During the debates on the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments, women’s rights advocates lobbied-unsuccessfully-to enshrine woman suffrage in the Constitution. As attention then turned to the states, many supporters saw the West, with its young governments, as fertile territory for experiments with political reforms.
Detailed explanation-2: -Territories like Wyoming wanted more white settlers, so they figured they could bring more white women out by allowing them to vote. “Long story short, if they could get white women out here, white men would be more likely to settle down, ” Scharff said. She added that these laws were exclusively aimed at white women.
Detailed explanation-3: -In 1848, Mott and Stanton hosted the Seneca Falls Convention, the first women’s rights convention in the United States. The convention published a Declaration of Sentiments, based on the Declaration of Independence, that called for voting rights for women and other reforms.
Detailed explanation-4: -The movement begins Called the Seneca Falls Convention, the event in Seneca Falls, New York, drew over 300 people, mostly women. They wanted to be treated as individuals, not dependents of men. They wanted more employment and education opportunities.