The Declaration of Independence
a. asserted that our rights come to us from the governments we create.
b. focused on the king's abuse of power.
c. defended the rights of Englishmen.
d. affirmed that all governmental power comes from God.
ANSWER: b
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What event led Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton to focus their attention on the oppression of women?
A) the introduction by Thomas Herttell of a bill to grant property rights to women B) the success they found in their work on the temperance movement C) the realization that two-thirds of signatories on antislavery petitions were women D) the imposition of coverture laws restricting a woman's rights E) the restrictions they faced at the international antislavery conference in London
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What will be an ideal response?
The late-nineteenth-century photograph shown above was intended to serve which of the following purposes?
(A) To advocate social reform (B) To arouse anti-immigrant sentiments (C) To encourage the purchase of cameras (D) To document the need for prohibition (E) To encourage immigration to the cities