:- choose the correct answer of the following questions 16-How does Abigail Adam

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:- choose the correct answer of the following questions

16-How does Abigail Adams view the typical character of men in her society?

A- without constraint they would be tyrants

B- enlightened in education and manners

C- more concerned about males of other races than women

D- likely to extend freedoms to most people

17-Why does John Adams mention the social groups of children, Indians, and slaves?

A- to argue for Revolutionary values in all sectors

B- to grant that the “tribe” of women should be granted special treatment

C- to suggest that all of these groups should be free

D- to draw a parallel to the newly rebellious women

18-What is the long-term purpose of Abigail Adams’ letter to Mercy Otis Warren?

A- to ask for feedback on her proposal

B- to remind Mercy that they should not speak out

C- to drum up support for the American Revolution

D- to increase solidarity between women

19-In what way was Abigail’s request different than the concerns of American revolutionaries?

A- She called for social change to accompany political revolution.

B- She resolved to keep her opinions on the matter private.

C- Politically, she preferred to remain under a monarchy.

D- She asked for the liberation of all enslaved and dominated peoples, including African Americans.

20-Based on these documents, which of the following statements best evaluates the effectiveness of Abigail’s argument?

A- Her use of the English language was not effective enough to make her case.

B- She was able to make her case with sharp language, but seems not to have been convincing.

C- She clearly set the stage for an eighteenth-century feminist movement.

D- No one would bother to listen to her so she wrote to a friend.

21-What did Abigail mean when she wrote: “charm by accepting, by submitting sway”?

A- Women should never count on being effective politically.

B- Men only listen to women who approach them aggressively.

C- There is no hope for women to have their voices heard politically.

D- Women can be most politically effective by acting quietly.

22- During the Revolution, women took on new responsibilities. After the war,

A- things generally went back to the way they were before, and few concrete reforms occurred in the status of women.

B- women were able to translate wartime gains into peacetime reforms.

C- women were recognized and honored for their contributions with new careers.

D- women gained the right to vote in most northern colonies.

women became leading educators.

CONSIDER THE SOURCE ABIGAIL ADAMS DISCUSSES WOMEN'S RIGHTS IN REVOLUTIONARY AMERICA WITH JOHN ADAMS AND MERCY OTIS WARREN (1776) Adams to John Adams As to your extraordinary Code of Laws,I cannot but laugh. We have been told that llong to hear that you have declared an inde- our Struggle has loosened the bands of pendancy [sic] and by the way in the new Code Government every where. That Children of Laws which I suppose it will be necessary and Apprentices were disobedient-that for you to make I would desire you would schools and Colleges were grown turbulent- Remember the Ladies, and be more generous that Indians slighted their Guardians and and favourable to them than your ancestors. Negroes grew insolent to their Masters Do not put such unlimited power into the But your Letter was the first Intimation hands of the Husbands. Remember all men that another Tribe more numerous and would be tyrants if they could. If particuliar powerful than all the rest were grown care and attention is not paid to the Ladies we discontented. This is rather too coarse a are determined to foment a Rebelion, and will Compliment but you are so saucy, I wont March 31,1776: blot it out. not hold ourselves bound by any Laws in which we have no voice, or Representation. Depend upon it, We know better than to That your Sex are Naturally Tyrannical is repeal our Masculine systems. Altho they a Truth so thoroughly established as to are in full Force, you know they are little admit of no dispute, but such of you as wish more than Theory. We dare not exert our to be happy willingly give up the harsh title Power in its full Latitude. We are obliged of Master for the more tender and endear- to go fair, and softly, and in Practice you ing one of Friend. Why then, not put it out know We are the subjects. We have only of the power of the vicious and the Lawless the Name of Masters, and rather than to use us with cruelty and indignity with im give up this, which would completely sub punity. Men of Sense in all Ages abhor those ject Us to the Despotism of the Peticoat, I customs which treat us only as the vassals of hope General Washington, and all our bra your Sex. Regard us then as Beings placed Heroes would fight. by providence under your protection and in Abigail Adams to MercyOtis Warren, Braintree immitation of the Supreme Being make use of that power only for our happiness. John Adams to Abigail Adams, April 14,1776: As to Declarations of Independency, be pa- tient. Read our Privateering Laws, and our Commercial Laws. What signifies a Word April 27, 1776: He is very saucy to me in return for a List of Female Grievances which I transmitted to him I think I will get you to join me in a peti tion to Congress. I thought it was very probable our wise Statesmen would erect a

Explanation / Answer

16) A

Without constraints they would be tyrants.

all men could be tyrants if they could.

17) A

18) C

19) A

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