Unit 3.2 Women's Rights Convention Review

Select the explanation of how the author’s purpose is developed in the text, Women’s Rights Convention.

• The author includes details to persuade the reader to come to the next Seneca Falls Convention.

• The author includes details to entertain the reader with a story about how woman made a long journey to come together to discuss voting rights.

• The author includes details to inform the reader about the events that took place during the Seneca Falls Convention.

• The author includes details to describe to the reader the places participants traveled from to get to the convention.

This question has two parts. First answer Part A. Then answer Part B. Part A: What is the central idea of the passage?

• The Seneca Falls Convention brought together women who believed in equal rights and vowed to continue fighting for their cause.

• The Seneca Falls Convention invited Mrs. Stanton because they felt the right to vote was very important.

• The Seneca Falls Convention only allowed women attended the first day, but gentlemen were welcome to attend on the second.

• The Seneca Falls Convention produced a list of twelve points asking for more rights for the people who attended.

Part B: Select a relevant detail that supports the central idea selected in Part A.

• “Mrs. Stanton took note of laws that allow a man to treat his wife badly.” (pg. 2)

• “Mrs. Mott is already well known as one of only six women to have attended the World Anti-Slavery Convention…” (pg. 3)

• “Another voice in favor of the vote was a speaker Frederick Douglass.” (pg. 4)

• “They met to put forth the idea that women should be treated as equals of men.” (pg. 2)

Select two sentences that could be used to create an accurate summary of the text, Women's Rights Convention.

• Many people did not think that women deserve equal rights because they take on tasks equal to those of men.

• After the convention ended, Mrs. Stanton, Mrs. Mott, and the other ladies planned to continue their struggle.

• Frederick Douglass was one of the only men who attended the Seneca Falls Convention.

• Lucretia Mott was well known because she was one of the few women who had attended the World Anti-Slavery Convention.

• Elizabeth Stanton was a key organizer of the women’s rights movement.

Read the sentence from the text, Women’s Rights Convention. “No law should make women lesser than men.” (pg. 3) What does the word lesser mean, as it is used in the sentence?

• subtracted from

• not as important

• added to

• a person who lesses

How does the heading, “Ladies Quest for Equality,” contribute to the meaning of the text, Women’s Rights Convention?

• The heading provides a visual of Elizabeth Cady Stanton giving a speech at the Convention.

• The heading gives information about when and where the Convention took place in 1848.

• The heading gives information about the overall idea of what the Seneca Falls Convention was about.

• The heading provides a visual of the location of where Seneca Falls is in New York.