reform movement Flashcards
“We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men and women are created equal,” found in the Declaration of Sentiments, is based on what original document?
The Declaration of
Independence
Name 3 women’s rights activists
Elizabeth Cady Stanton Susan B. Anthony Sojourner Truth
Define abolitionist
person who wanted the immediate freeing of enslaved people
Who changed her name to reflect her cause of promoting equality and justice?
Sojourner
Truth
this woman was best known for her leadership role in the women’s rights movement in the 1800’s
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
What does suffrage mean?
Right to vote
This woman was best known for fighting for the rights of women to vote.
Susan B. Anthony
Name 4 rights of which women were deprived during the women’s rights movement.
1 right to vote
2 Educational opportunities
3 Equal opportunities in business
4 Limited right to own property
Where was the first Women’s
Rights Convention held?
Seneca Falls, NY
Who created the abolitionist newspaper, North Star?
Frederick Douglass
Who started the newspaper called the Liberator?
William Lloyd Garrison
Who was an escaped slave from Maryland who became a famous speaker and worked for the rights of African Americans and women?
Frederick Douglass
Who was leader of the
Underground Railroad?
Harriet Tubman
Name 3 abolitionists.
Harriet Tubman William Lloyd Garrison Frederick Douglass
List 3 beliefs of abolitionists regarding why slavery was wrong.
1 It was morally wrong
2 It was cruel and inhumane
3 It was a violation of the
principles of democracy
