Dbq Women's Rights

The united states did not fulfill the ideals of the Declaration of Independence for Women and Immigrants from 1815 to 1850. Women and immigrants did not have political and economic rights. However, women were making progress towards equal opportunity. Women had rallies and many people congregated to support their cause. Immigrants during this time were migrating to the United States to escape the potato famine. People made the United States look incredible, however, there was a lot of discrimination. Women and Immigrants were both able to work, but there were many limitations as to what they could and could not do for work. Women and immigrants were not able to vote to show their political suffering.

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In the document, The Rights of Women: Laws and Practices, there are multiple examples of women inequality. The source explains that men are able to hit their wives in order to stop them “from being annoying”. This is socially unacceptable today and demonstrates everything wrong with society back in the 1840s. Also, the document shows that women are paid 30-50% less than men who are performing the exact same job. Where is the fairness in that? Another document, Speech at the Ohio Women’s Rights Convention, explains that women should be equal to men. The author shows the audience that women are powerful and strong and deserve equal rights. “the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone”, a powerful quote from the speech, shows how the speaker advocates for women's equality. Also, the background information explains

The document entitled “American citizens!” shows a direct firsthand account of the bigotry of immigrants. On the paper in large letters it shows that this document is only for American patriots, the document also states how the nativist believe immigrants should be handled within the united states. Within the lists of things the nativist consider acceptable for immigrants there are the words “Foreigners having a residence in the country of 21 years before voting.” also deportations if the immigrant breaks any united states laws. These examples are showing all signs of discrimination. Another document that shows this discrimination is titled “ Riot in Philadelphia”. This document depicts the religious struggles that immigrants had when they came to the united states. The picture shows the fight between the protestants or nativists against the Catholics who were immigrants, the reasoning behind this fight is because the Protestants did not want the religion of immigrants being taught to others. This clearly demonstrates the struggle for immigrants who migrated from other places. The illustrator of this picture is very reliable because the picture is only showing the event, there is no biased nor point of view. However the document “American citizens!” would not be considered too reliable because there is such a strong