Question 1 Indian Removal The Indian Removal Act was the forced relocation of Indian Tribes from their homelands to federal lands further West. The people of the South supported this Act because they wanted to gain the fertile Indian lands. A type of Indian resistance would be that they attempted to adopt “white” practices‚ like large farms and even owning slaves. Another type of Indian resistance would be going to war. The First Seminole War‚ for example‚ tried fighting against the Americans for
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helped set her path in activism. Later in life‚ after getting married‚ she became a fan of Lucretia Mott‚ a feminist and abolitionist. Mott strengthened Stanton’s devotion to women’s rights‚ and she joined her in Seneca Falls‚ New York‚ where they organized the first women’s rights convention. There she wrote a Declaration of Rights and Sentiments which commanded political‚ social‚ and professional fairness for women. This is recognized as Stanton’s first notable effort for
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still affect many movements today. One of Elizabeth’s greatest accomplishments was the organization of the Seneca Falls Convention‚ in which 300 people (including 40 men) attended to listen to guest speakers‚ such as Stanton‚ speak about the unfair treatment of women. The convention not only opened the eyes of many to the daily struggles of women‚ but it also led to several other conventions‚ all of which Stanton was apart of. In 1851‚ Stanton became close friends with Susan B. Anthony‚ and together
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The first event that began every women’s movement rights act in the country was the world’s first women’s rights convention held in Seneca Falls‚ NY on July 19-20‚ 1848. This convention instilled hope in women all over the country to fight or equality in the work force‚ education‚ pay‚ and rights. (49) Because of the first convention leading women to fight for what should righfully be theirs‚ places soon fell in line to accept women accordingly. In 1855 the University of Iowa became the first
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of her decision she held a convention in Seneca Falls called‚ "A convention to discuss the social‚ civil‚ and religious condition and rights of woman". Stanton created a list to present called "Declaration of Sentiments" which stated areas in life where women were treated unjustly. (*1) After the second day of the convention‚ every resolution on her declaration was passed except the one that called for women the right to vote. As time passed‚ however‚ many conventions were held all the way up to
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crowd while gaining significant publicity for their cause. The movement of women into the public and political spheres had been gaining in momentum and popularity since the mid-19th century. Women demanded suffrage as early as 1848. The Seneca Falls convention brought together 200 women and 40 men‚ including feminists Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott‚ to make the claim for full citizenship. The delegates believed women to be citizens not limited in any way to their roles as wives or mothers
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public awareness on women’s rights. Women’s rights awareness movements were launched on a national level in 1848 with the Seneca Falls Convention in New York. Held at the Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls‚ New York this was the first women’s rights convention ever held in the United States. Over 300 people mostly women‚ but around 40 men‚ attended this conference. Out of this convention came a historic document‚ the ’Declaration of Sentiments‚’ which demanded equal social status and legal rights for women
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time period began the women’s suffrage movement‚ in which women tried to gain voting rights for women in the United States. An article from History.com says that‚ “In 1848‚ a group of abolitionist activists–mostly women‚ but some men–gathered in Seneca Falls‚ New York to discuss the problem of women’s rights. (They were invited there by the reformers Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott.) Most of the delegates agreed: American women were autonomous individuals who deserved their own political identities”
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Mary Wollstonecraft. In the United States the first definitive position on women’s rights—now intermingled with antislavery issues—was taken in 1848 under the leadership of Elizabeth Cady Stanton at the Women’s Rights Convention at Seneca Falls‚ N.Y. (see Seneca Falls Convention). In 1850 the National Women’s
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religion. “ As time passed‚ Stanton met Lucretia Mott at the World Anti-Slavery Convention in London and when the conference refused to seat them and other women delegates from America because of their sex‚ Stanton and Mott called a convention to address the condition of women‚ called The Seneca Falls Convention. This convention began her public career. Stanton wrote “articles for the press‚ letters to other conventions” and even gave speeches. This group of women grew immensely until the time had
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