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QUESTIONS FOR THE SENECA FALLS DECLARATION AND FOR THE RIGHTS OF WOMAN
- Who wrote the Seneca Falls Declaration? What inspired it? What is the (obvious) model for it?
- What, according to Mary Wollstonecraft, are the "negative" virtues?
- Compare these two documents. What grievances do they have in common? Are any remedies suggested?
QUESTIONS FOR DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA
- Why was Alexis de Tocqueville visiting America?
- What types of social "covenants" exist in a democracy?
- What does this document mean for American democracy today?
QUESTIONS FOR TO THE YOUNG MEN OF ITALY
- Who was Guiseppe Mazzini? Who are the "Bandiera brothers" to which he refers?
- What was the Risorgimento?
- Who were the Carbonari?
QUESTIONS FOR OPEN LETTER TO THOMAS AULD
- How, according to the letter, did Frederick Douglass justify running away?
- What did Frederick Douglass do after he ran away? How did he get along?
- What literary devices does the author use to explain his opposition to slavery?
QUESTIONS FOR ON LIBERTY
- Who was John Stuart Mill?
- What is Utilitarianism? How does this philosophy differ from the ideas of Mill?
- What is the "one very simple principle" Mill describes?
- To what degree does modern society adhere to the ideals of Mill?
QUESTIONS FOR THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION
- What were Lincoln's motives for issuing this document?
- In what areas, specifically, did the Proclamation abolish slavery?
- What three amendments were added to the American Constitution after the Civil War? What did they do?