Question

select the correct text in the passage
on july 20th, 1848, a group of americans held the first womens rights convention, also known as the seneca falls convention. at that event, 68 women signed the declaration of sentiments.
the declaration of sentiments argues that women have been treated unfairly in american society. which sentence from the passage best supports this claim?

from declaration of sentiments

when, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one portion of the family of man to assume among the people of the earth a position different from that which they have hitherto occupied, but one to which the laws of nature and of natures god entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes that impel such a course.

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; that to secure these rights is governments are instituted, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of those who suffer from it to refuse allegiance to it, and to insist upon the institution of a 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. prudence, indeed, will dictate that governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes, and accordingly, all experience hath shown that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves, by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. but when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object, evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their duty to throw off such government, and to provide new guards for their future security. such has been the patient sufferance of the women under this government, and such is now the necessity which constrains them to demand the equal station to which they are entitled.

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

Explanation:

To support the claim that women have been treated unfairly, we need a sentence that shows women's subjugation or mistreatment. The sentence "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" directly states that men have inflicted repeated injuries and usurpations on women to establish tyranny over them, which supports the claim of unfair treatment.

Answer:

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.