APUSH 21 Nov 2013 Ch. 10 & 11 #2 Essay Question American Reform movements between 1820 and 1860 reflected both optimistic and pessimistic views of human and society. Assess the validity of this statement in reference to reform movements in THREE of the following: education‚ temperance‚ women’s rights‚ utopian experiments‚ penal institutions. (1988) The United States has seen change come and go over time. From the Great Awakening in the 1730s to the Technological revolution of the 20th century
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Role of Women 1500-Present Day His 104 Prof. Steven Brownson Role of Women 1500-Present Day Early portrayal of the role of women was of domestic nature‚ dominated my men. Influenced by religion‚ culture‚ and world events‚ the role of women is ever-changing. In this paper I will look at the evolution of women; their role in society from historical periods
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suffrage began in 1840 when Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton went to London to attend a World Anti-Slavery Society Convention. The were barred from attending and told to sit in a curtained enclosure with other women attendees if they wished to meet. This incident inspired Mott and Stanton to organize the First Women’s Rights Convention which was held in Seneca Falls‚ New York‚ in 1848. Three hundred women and some men came. The Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions‚ which stressed equality
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confidence for women to have the ability to vote and have women suffrage. Also she place logical reasoning into why women should have the same equal right as men. Lastly Stanton used a more emotional appeal to attract more supporter. At Seneca Falls Women’s Convention in 1848‚ Stanton wrote the Declaration of Sentiment‚ Stanton
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Nicole Miller 12/26/14 Law and Society For women in the 19th century‚ marriage was a binding contract that required them to sign their life away to the man that they loved. They lost all of the rights to their property‚ their income‚ and basically their independence. Women were expected to keep the household tidy and running smoothly‚ as well as earn some type of living that didn’t require much of leaving the house. Women were also expected to present their husbands with everything they needed‚
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There were many reasons that led up to the American Reform Movement. The Antebellum period was categorized by the rise of abolition‚ which is the act of putting an end to slavery‚ and by the difference of opinions in the idea of abolition. Also‚ the country’s economy began changing due to the North starting to manufacture goods‚ because of the Industrial Revolution. Also‚ the South started to make a huge shift in the economy because of the numerous amounts of cotton that was being introduced. According
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was born January 3‚ 1793 in Massachusetts. Lucretia had always been a social rights activist and had always opposed slavery. She wanted to make a difference in the world and change it for the better. These two women met at the World Anti-Slavery Convention in London‚ in June 1840 and automatically became friends. Women’s suffrage was a very important movement that Americans should know about. It is important because it spurred the feminist movement. It was one of the first real accomplishments for
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husbands. But this awakening gave women a sense of community and a greater role in the community. Elite white women in the North also responded to the changes in the United States. Women’s right was a controversial issue when it was presented in Seneca Falls convention in 1848‚ by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott. The main point of this document was that both women and men were created equal. “He has taken from her all right in property‚ even to the wages she earns.” (Declaration of Sentiments 173)
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made the first women rights convention organized by women in Western World. That’s where the name came from: Seneca Falls Convention. Especially Elizabeth Stanton really deserved not to be forgotten because of her Declaration of Sentiments - the very first document‚ signed by 68 women and 32 men that were attending the first convention. It was a beginning of the storm that women wanted to cause. In the 1850 the members of the Anti-Slavery Society created a national convention for the formal consideration
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perspectives of Frederick Douglass‚ who in his speech “What to the Slave if the Fourth of July?” presents his viewpoint on the need to end the act of slavery‚ and Elizabeth Cady Stanton‚ who in her speech from Declaration of Sentiments of the Seneca Falls Woman’s Rights Convention argues the need for equality between men and women‚ it is evident that Americans value this belief and hope for a positive future by creating freedom for the rest of the nation. Frederick Douglass argues the act of slavery is unconstitutional
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