Write
a 3-4 page essay discussing the two sets of questions below. Give
citations from both the textbook by Eric Foner and primary documents as
necessary. Essays should be double spaced in 12-point typeface with
one-inch margins. Choose either Chicago style footnotes or MLA style
citations.
a 3-4 page essay discussing the two sets of questions below. Give
citations from both the textbook by Eric Foner and primary documents as
necessary. Essays should be double spaced in 12-point typeface with
one-inch margins. Choose either Chicago style footnotes or MLA style
citations.
- Make a comparison of individual rights as stated in these three documents: The Declaration of Sentiments of the Seneca Falls Convention (1848) by Elizabeth Cady Stanton (Chapter 12, page 880), Women and Economics by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (Chapter 18, page 286) and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948). How do these different documents relate to the idea of natural rights as expressed by Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence?
- Make a comparison of the views of the rights of enslaved African Americans as stated in these three documents: Angela Grimké in Appeal to the Women of the Nominally Free States (1837), Alexander Stephens in The Cornerstone Speech (1861) and the Dred Scott Decision (1857). How do these documents agree or disagree with Jefferson regarding individual rights in the Declaration of Independence?