Use the excerpt to answer the question.

We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. . . .

The history of mankind is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations [seizures] 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 [fair] world.

He has never permitted her to exercise her inalienable right to the elective franchise.

He has compelled her to submit to law in the formation of which she had no voice. . . .

–excerpt from Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions



The Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions identifies which of the following causes for the women’s rights movement in the 1800s?



Responses

Women are paid less than men for equal work.
Women are paid less than men for equal work.

Women are not allowed to drive alone at night.
Women are not allowed to drive alone at night.

Women are left out of the political process.
Women are left out of the political process.

Women must care for the elderly and children.

Women are left out of the political process.

The Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions identifies the cause for the women's rights movement in the 1800s as women being left out of the political process.