Seneca Falls Women's Rights Convention Lesson Plan

Seneca Falls Convention Short Answer and Essay TestName________________________Date_________________________1. At what event did Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott first meet each other anddiscuss the idea of a women’s rights convention?2. How were the women delegates treated at the event in question #1?3. In what year did Mott and Cady Stanton hold the Seneca Falls Women’s RightsConvention?4. What law regarding a woman’s property rights was passed in New York state in the sameyear as the Seneca Falls Convention?5. What is the name of the document produced by the Seneca Falls Convention?6. What famous document is the answer to question #4 modeled after?7. What was the most controversial proposal made at the Seneca Falls Convention?8. Which famous African American abolitionist stood up and spoke in favor of the mostcontroversial proposal at the Seneca Falls Convention?9. How did the press (especially the newspapers) respond to the Seneca Falls Convention?Be specific and give at least two examples.10. When did women finally get the right to vote and through what means did they achieveuniversal female suffrage?Short Essay Questions (80-100 words):11. What was ironic about the treatment of women at the event in 1840?