Author Question: What event led Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton to focus their attention on the oppression ... (Read 73 times)

maychende · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

The African slave trade was initially controlled by __________.

A) Spanish conquistadores
B) Portuguese merchants
C) Muslim traders
D) British sailors

Question 2

The Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 was a turning point in women's history in the United States because it was the start of __________.

A) women's participation in the abolitionist movement
B) the women's rights movement
C) the temperance movement
D) married women having greater control over their property

Question 3

The U.S. bombing campaign in the Pacific theater differed from that against Germany in that the United States __________.

A) quickly abandoned the strategy as ineffective against Japan
B) bombed very few urban centers in Japan
C) did not distinguish between military and civilian targets in Japan
D) lost an astonishing number of pilots while fighting Japan

Question 4

How did the 1893 Chicago World's Exposition, which was known as the White City, reflect a paradox that was typical of urban growth in the late nineteenth century?

A) The Beaux-Arts style of architecture contradicted the homage paid to the ancient world.
B) Urban planning transformed a swamp by Lake Michigan into a state-of-the-art site.
C) The grand vision of urban planning never fully caught on with other large cities.
D) This ornate location was occupied by displaced urban squatters during the Panic of 1893.

Question 5

What event led Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton to focus their attention on the oppression of women?

A) the introduction by Thomas Herttell of a bill to grant property rights to women
B) the success they found in their work on the temperance movement
C) the imposition of coverture laws restricting a woman's rights
D) the restrictions they faced at the international antislavery conference in London