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Reform For Women

Chapter 13 Lesson 2

1. Why was the abolition of slavery and women’s rights linked together? How did women
think they could use their vote?

2. What were the resolutions that were demanded in the Declaration of Sentiments?

3. How did the women use the Declaration of Independence in their preamble?

4. Give some examples of the complaints listed in the Declaration of Sentiments.

5. What were the goals of Susan B. Anthony?

6. Define the Temperance Movement and explain the reasons for it.
7. Describe why women were granted more rights in the West than in the East. What were
the results?

8. Describe the difference between the Milwaukee College and the Troy Female Seminary.
How would this affect women’s opportunities?

9. Describe some of the ways that women were treated in marriages in the early 1800s.

10. Describe the two examples of the women who broke the gender barriers.