1) What was the main concern of Republican Reconstruction Congressmen in terms of politics? The main goal of Republicans at this time was to give black men the right to vote. However‚ they did not grant suffrage to black men out of sympathy; rather‚ they did so in order to gain political clout in the South. 2) What was unique about the 14th Amendment and what does this say about the “new birth of freedom” coming out of the civil war? The 14th Amendment was unique‚ because for the first time‚ the
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United States. Suffrage Movement Gets Organized It was not until 1848 that the movement for women’s rights began to organize at the national level. In July of that year‚ reformers Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott organized the first women’s rights convention at Seneca Falls‚ New York (where Stanton lived). More than 300 people—mostly women‚ but also some men—attended‚ including former African-American slave and activist Frederick Douglass (1818-95). In addition to their belief that women should
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was focusing on one issue at a time‚ instead of fighting for all rights for women. Stanton wanted rights for all‚ so that each individual person can continue to make strides in their own life. Her focus was on the self; self-reliance‚ self- development‚ and self-worth. She believed that once the rights for all were granted‚ people would gain these concepts. Which in turn would make the world a better place. Stanton wanted people to look inwards and find s peace and self-love about themselves. Looking
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and they could not breathe properly or fully because of the extreme tightness called for by the fashion of having a “wasp waist”. Elizabeth Cady Stanton complained‚ “why ‘the drapery’ is quite too much -- one might as well work with a ball and chain. Is being born a woman so criminal an offense‚ that we must be doomed to this everlasting bondage? (Stanton‚ "Our Costume").” And Theodosia Gilbert wrote that these costumes robbed women of the natural “poetry of motion” and grace which their bodies were
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fought for it for a long time; other countries had already given women the right to vote; and women should have equal rights per the Bible and American Constitution and Declaration of Independence. Powerful suffragettes like Alice Paul‚ Elizabeth Cady Stanton‚ and Susan B. Anthony had been working hard for the vote for a long time before they received it. Intriguingly‚ eleven countries had already given women the vote before America. (ournellie.com) Equal rights was a goal that America valued since the
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to new heights. Feminists saw this opportunity to seek and fight for the same protection and equal rights that had been granted to slaves. However‚ “The Fifteenth Amendment ignored women… Stanton and Anthony denounced suffrage for black men only‚ and Stanton now supported her position on racial grounds… [Stanton] argued that white‚ educated women should certainly have the same rights as immigrant and African American men.” (Hewitt‚ pg. 438). The amendment provided the proposition to form a women’s
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Finding Nemo Journey Analysis Finding Nemo is a 2003 American computer-animated comedy family film written and directed by Andrew Stanton‚ released by Walt Disney Pictures‚ and produced by Pixar Animation Studios. It tells the story of the over-protective clownfish named Marlin (Albert Brooks) who‚ along with a regal tang named Dory (Ellen DeGeneres)‚ searches for his abducted son Nemo (Alexander Gould) all the way to Sydney Harbour. Along the way‚ Marlin learns to take risks and let Nemo take care
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and Elizabeth Cady Stanton organized the convention‚ when they both met at the 1840 World Anti-Slavery Convention in London. 4. Why was it held in Seneca Falls? Elizabeth Stanton’s home was near Seneca Falls and she worked with other women around the area and a significant reform community emerged in western New York in the 1830s and 40s. 5. How did the World Anti-Slavery Convention in London inspire the organizers of the Seneca Falls Women’s Rights Convention? Mott and Stanton were banned
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the late 1800s‚ women began to fight for their rights as individuals. They decided that they did not want to just be submissive wives. They wanted to have political positions and government roles. People such as Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton‚ events such as the Cult of True Womanhood and the meeting at Seneca Falls‚ and the impacts such as gender equality and female government roles summarize the women’s suffrage movement. There were many historical events that caused and progressed
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