Reference no: EM133688599
Assignment:
Alexis de Tocqueville, "How Americans Understand the Equality of the Sexes," 1840
1. Why do you think a "political thinker" from France would be traveling around the United States in 1840 doing research for a book about democracy?
2. According to de Tocqueville, what might be the consequence of treating men and women equally?
3. From his research, how does de Tocqueville believe that the United States has found success in including both men and women in the manufacturing process?
4. List the five things that de Tocqueville mentioned in regard to actions American women were left out of.
5. Does Tocqueville believe that some American women are equal to American men in regard to their mental and emotional capabilities? Cite direct evidence from this document to support your answer.
6. According to de Tocqueville, did Americans in 1840 abandon the idea that the "man was the head of the household?" Cite direct evidence from this document to support your answer.
7. Did the American women that de Tocqueville came into contact with express their concern over living in a culture dominated by men? Cite direct evidence from this document to support your answer.
8. According to de Tocqueville, how did American society promote the "true principle of democratic improvement" even though women still lived in a culture where they were considered "socially inferior"?
9. Does de Tocqueville believe that women in other parts of the world have achieved a similar status compared to women in America? Cite direct evidence from this document to support your answer.
10. For what reason does de Tocqueville suggest women in America had advanced more than women in other cultures he had witnessed?