AP World History

Category - History

Of the following lists of texts, which one was the foundation for the Declaration of Sentiments, issued by the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848?
  1. The Declaration of Independence
  2. The Bill of Rights
  3. The Bible
  4. Thomas Paine's Common Sense
Explanation
Answer - A - The Declaration of Independence was the foundation for the Declaration of Sentiments, issued by the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848.

Key Takeaway: The Seneca Falls Convention was an important and influential women’s rights event that took place in Seneca Falls, New York in 1848. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, a significant women’s rights advocate at the time, aided in drafting the Declaration of Sentiments the convention, one of the first documents that discussed the American woman’s suffrage movement. Stanton went on to praise the convention, stating that its significance lay in the fact that it was the first time that both women and men stood together to demand that women get the right to vote.
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