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Question 4: What was considered an extremely controversial idea advocated by Elizabeth Cady Stanton of the women’s rights movement?
Answer: She advocated that women should be given free land grants to farm the western territories.
Question 5: Slave codes were laws passed by southern states to increase an owner's control over enslaved African Americans' behavior. All of the following applied under the codes EXCEPT:
Answer: They were not allowed to learn how to write, but could learn to read.
Question 6: The contemporary issue of maternity leave is a continuation of which reform movement?
Answer: women’s rights
Question 7: How did Horace Mann contribute to the reform in education?
Answer: His pressure on the state legislature provided money to fund new schools and increase teachers' pay.
Question 8: Which of the following best describes the similarity between Emerson’s and Thoreau’s central beliefs?
Answer: They both believed the individual decides what is right and wrong.