2024 DBQ on Feminism in the 1800s

Question 1 (Document-Based Question)
Suggested reading and writing time: 1 hour
It is suggested that you spend 15 minutes reading the documents and 45 minutes writing your response.
Note: You may begin writing your response before the reading period is over.
Directions: Question 1 is based on the accompanying documents. The documents have been edited for the
purpose of this exercise.
In your response you should do the following.
• Respond to the prompt with a historically defensible thesis or claim that establishes a line of reasoning.
• Describe a broader historical context relevant to the prompt.
• Support an argument in response to the prompt using at least four documents.
• Use at least one additional piece of specific historical evidence (beyond that found in the documents) relevant to
an argument about the prompt.
• For at least two documents, explain how or why the document’s point of view, purpose, historical situation,
and/or audience is relevant to an argument.
• Demonstrate a complex understanding of a historical development related to the prompt through sophisticated
argumentation and/or effective use of evidence.

Evaluate whether the feminist movement of the 1800s was motivated primarily by a desire to achieve economic
equality or a desire to achieve political equality.

Evaluate whether the feminist movement of the 1800s was motivated primarily by a desire to achieve economic
equality or a desire to achieve political equality.