Seneca Falls Convention
Question: In what state did the Seneca Falls Convention take place in 1848?
Answer: New York
Question: According to the Declaration of Sentiments, what legal status does a married woman have?
Answer: "Civilly dead" (no legal identity separate from her husband)
Question: What religious group was Lucretia Mott a minister in?
Answer: Quakers (Society of Friends)
Question: What state were Sarah and Angelina Grimké born in, and what type of family did they grow up in?
Answer: South Carolina, in a wealthy slaveholding family
Question: How many paragraphs should your Civics Literacy Essay have?
Answer: Five paragraphs
Question: What document did the Seneca Falls Convention produce that was modeled on the Declaration of Independence?
Answer: The Declaration of Sentiments
Question: What major international event in 1840 did Stanton witness that led her to fight for women's rights?
Answer: The World Anti-Slavery Convention in London (where women were excluded from participating)
Question: What movement was Lucretia Mott originally involved in before fighting for women's rights?
Answer: The abolitionist movement (fighting to end slavery)
Question: What did the Grimké sisters do in 1837 that violated social norms and led to backlash from clergy?
Answer: They gave public anti-slavery lectures to mixed audiences (men and women together)
Question: How many points is the Civics Literacy Essay worth, and what is it weighted by?
Answer: 5 points, weighted x3 (counts for 15 points total)
Question: Who was the only African American person recorded as attending the Seneca Falls Convention?
Answer: Frederick Douglass
Question: Who did Elizabeth Cady Stanton meet at the 1840 convention who became her partner in organizing Seneca Falls?
Answer: Lucretia Mott
Question: At the 1840 World Anti-Slavery Convention in London, where were female delegates like Mott forced to sit?
Answer: Behind a curtain in a segregated/separate area
Question: What was the name of the 1837 letter issued by Massachusetts clergy that condemned the Grimké sisters for speaking publicly?
Answer: The Pastoral Letter
Question: According to the rubric, how many documents must you use in your essay to get a Level 5, and what else must you include beyond documents?
Answer: At least four documents AND substantial outside information (facts from your own knowledge)
Question: According to the Declaration of Sentiments, what rights did married women lack regarding property and wages?
Answer: They had no right to property, not even to the wages they earned (everything belonged to their husbands)
Question: Elizabeth Cady Stanton wrote the Declaration of Sentiments modeled on what founding American document?
Answer: The Declaration of Independence
Question: What did Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton resolve to do after leaving the 1840 convention in London?
Answer: Hold a convention and form a society to advocate for women's rights (which became Seneca Falls)
Question: According to Sarah Grimké's response, how did investigating enslaved people's rights affect her understanding of women's rights?
Answer: It led her to a better understanding of her own rights as a woman
Question: What is the difference between analysis and description in the Civics Literacy Essay?
Answer: Analysis explains WHY/HOW (not just WHAT happened); it's more than just listing facts
Question: What religious group made up most of the attendees at Seneca Falls, and who were the key organizers connected to this group?
Answer: Quakers/Society of Friends; organizers included Lucretia Mott, Mary Ann M'Clintock, Martha Coffin Wright, Jane Hunt, and Richard P. Hunt
Question: What famous phrase did Elizabeth Cady Stanton change in the Declaration of Sentiments to include women?
Answer: "All men and women are created equal" (she changed "all men are created equal")
Question: Which famous abolitionist refused to take his seat at the 1840 convention and sat with the women instead, declaring he couldn't participate in a convention that "strikes down the most sacred rights of all women"?
Answer: William Lloyd Garrison
Question: According to the Pastoral Letter, where does "the power of woman" come from?
Answer: Her dependence and weakness, which God gave her for protection
Question: What are the three task bullets you must address in your Civics Literacy Essay?
Answer: 1) Describe historical circumstances, 2) Explain efforts to address the issue, 3) Discuss impact/success of efforts