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History of the United States

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What spurred American trade with northern Mexico

the revolution that established Mexico as an independent republic

What event in 1848 resulted in a direct improvement in women's rights in New York

The passage of the Married Women's Property Act resulted in improvement of women's rights in New York.

Which former slave lectured eloquently in favor of abolition

Stephen Douglass, was an eloquent speaker who escaped slavery. Although teaching slaves to read was illegal, Douglass managed, through creative means, to learn to read. He escaped slavery and managed to get to London, where his speeches were greatly admired. Well wishers in London gave him money to legally purchase his freedom.

The womens movement began when women saw parallels between their situation and that of

slaves

What was true about the Wilmot Proviso

it failed in the house of representatives

The Stonewall riots in 1969 marked the beginning of

the gay rights movement in the United States

How were women expected to bring about change in society in the early 1800s

women were supposed to influence their husbands and raise patriotic children

Who was inspired by the seneca falls convention to publish a newspaper called the lily

Amelia Bloomer

What did journalist John J O'Sullivan write an influential editorial about

poems

Which British legal tradition was followed in the United States

Women were not allowed to hold property

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