Assess the difference between the Declaration of Sentiments and the Indian Citizenship Act.

Question

A) The former was written by Thomas Jefferson, and the latter was written by Frederick Douglass.
B) The former is a declaration made by the American colonies to England asking for freedom from English rule, and the latter revokes Indigenous Americans' citizenship.
C) The former is a declaration made by women that women are equal to men and should be given equal rights, and the latter is an act by Congress granting Indigenous Americans U.S. citizenship.
D) The former was a congressional act, and the latter was written by Indigenous Americans.

Answer 1

The correct assessment of the difference between the Declaration of Sentiments and the Indian Citizenship Act is:

C) The former is a declaration made by women that women are equal to men and should be given equal rights, and the latter is an act by Congress granting Indigenous Americans U.S. citizenship.

The Declaration of Sentiments, drafted in 1848 during the Seneca Falls Convention, asserts the equality of women and calls for equal rights, including suffrage. The Indian Citizenship Act, passed in 1924, granted U.S. citizenship to all Native Americans born in the United States.