Classwork 12/17/15

Hello, All:

Here are your questions for Chapter 8, Section 3 of The Americans

1. What were the main problems faced by women in mid-19^c America?
2. What was the "Cult of Domesticity?"  How was it connected to the role of women in American reform movements during the early 19^c?
3. Explain the unique role of the Grimke Sisters in the abolitionist movement.
4. What was the origin of the temperance movement?  What was the nature of American drinking habits in the early 19^c?
5. Why were women especially concerned about imposing temperance on 19^c American society?
6. What gains did women make in education in the 1820s and 1830s?  Why were these gains not extended to African-American women?
7. What role did women play in early health reform?
8. What were the basic ideas asserted in the Seneca Falls "Declaration of Sentiments?"
9. Explain the historical significance of the Seneca Falls Convention.
10. How did the Seneca Falls Convention differ from the World's Anti-Slavery Convention held in the 1840s?

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