GED Social Studies Practice Test 18 — Flashcards

Use the following two excerpts for Questions below. 

The first excerpt is from the Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776. 
The second except is from the Declaration of Sentiments, from the Seneca Falls Convention for women’s rights, 1848 (organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony).    

We hold these truths to be self-evident: That all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; that, to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed; that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over these states. To prove this, let facts be submitted to a candid world… . For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us … For cutting off our trade with all parts of the world … For imposing taxes on us without our consent … For depriving us, in many cases, of the benefits of trial by jury.

— Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776    

We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal… . The history of mankind is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations on the part of man toward woman, having in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over her. To prove this, let facts be submitted to a candid world… . He has never permitted her to exercise her inalienable right to the elective franchise… . He has compelled her to submit to laws, in the formation of which she had no voice.

— Declaration of Sentiments, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Seneca Falls Convention, 1848