Quiz for America Compared: Women’s Rights in France and the United States, 1848

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1. According to the letter by Pauline Roland and Jeanne Deroine to American suffragists, by which of the following means would French women attain equality?

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Correct. The answer is c. The letter from Roland and Deroine indicates that while the French Assembly and the Constitution have ignored the issue of women’s rights, workers have supported them. By entering the world of paid work, they suggest, French women will attain equal rights.
Incorrect. The answer is c. The letter from Roland and Deroine indicates that while the French Assembly and the Constitution have ignored the issue of women’s rights, workers have supported them. By entering the world of paid work, they suggest, French women will attain equal rights.

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2. According to Ernestine Rose, what factor explained the lack of women’s access to equal rights in the United States?

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Correct. The answer is b. Rose believed that the “pernicious falsehood” that “she is inferior by her nature” was the prejudice that accounted for women’s inequality in the United States.
Incorrect. The answer is b.Rose believed that the “pernicious falsehood” that “she is inferior by her nature” was the prejudice that accounted for women’s inequality in the United States.

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3. What does Ernestine Rose suggest will eventually bring about women’s equality in the United States?

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Correct. The answer is d. Rose implies that the principles of American republicanism, which expressly guarantee universal suffrage, will pave the way for women’s equality in the United States.
Incorrect. The answer is d. Rose implies that the principles of American republicanism, which expressly guarantee universal suffrage, will pave the way for women’s equality in the United States.