Two documents in history that argue a certain viewpoint are the Declaration of Sentiments and the Pearl Harbor Speech. The Declaration of Sentiments, written by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, was created in July 1848 in order to move the women’s suffrage movement forward. The Pearl Harbor Speech was written and delivered by Franklin Delano Roosevelt to inspire the military stationed at Pearl Harbor the day after the attack. Although these two documents are different in their subject and how they are presented, they both have noticeable evidences of bias.

The Declaration of Sentiments is biased in the way that it was signed almost exclusively by women who were reaching for their rights, while the Pearl Harbor speech was biased towards the Japanese army and resentment towards Japan. The Declaration of Sentiments was a document written by Elizabeth Cady Stanton in July of 1848. It was written to state that all men and women are created equal, but the bias comes from the fact that it was signed by women who had been fighting for their rights.The Declaration of Sentiments also had a significant effect on the women’s rights movement. While the Declaration of Sentiments was a huge movement for women’s rights, it had its fair share of bias …show more content…
This speech’s bias comes from the fact that it was directly biased against the Japanese army for what they did to Pearl Harbor. This speech was given specifically to inspire America to fight back after what happened and to instill a sense of fear, basically saying, “If we don’t retaliate then the japanese will strike again.” As with the Declaration of Sentiments, the Pearl Harbor speech was a major movement to fight back against the japanese with obvious and lasting