Read the excerpt from the Declaration of Sentiments.

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

He has withheld from her rights which are given to the most ignorant and degraded men-both natives and foreigners.

What ideas are associated with the words compelled andwithheld?

doubt and confusion

injustice and oppression

courage and bravery

praise and recognition

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Irene Hayes

28 June, 13:09

Read the excerpt from the Declaration of Sentiments.

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

He has withheld from her rights which are given to the most ignorant and degraded men-both natives and foreigners.

What ideas are associated with the words compelled andwithheld?

doubt and confusion

injustice and oppression

courage and bravery

praise and recognition

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Jack Larsen · Answer 1

The ideas associated with compelled and withheld are injustice and oppression.

The author of this text is talking about how men are oppressing women, by depriving them of their rights which even 'the most ignorant and degraded men' have, and women do not. The author is quite clear in her idea that this is degrading and unjust, believing that women deserve more than what they had at the moment when the Declaration of Sentiments was written by Elizabeth Cady Stanton in 1848.