Unit 6: Toward a More Perfect Union

The citizen's RIGHT to vote in all elections.

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Suffrage, n.

A person who takes part in activities to bring about political or social change

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​Activist, n.

A gathering of people meeting for a common goal or purpose

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​Convention, n.

To stand outside of an important location and protest, often with signs

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​Picket, v.

A person who works to reform, or create positive change.

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Reformer, n.

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Section 1: The Early Suffrage Movement

Pages 139-142

Multiple Select

Select three rights married women did not have before Women's Suffrage Movement:

• The right to vote

• The freedom of speech

• The right to own property

• The right to their own money

• The right to live anywhere they wanted.

​What did the Declaration of Sentiments claim that was different?

Multiple Choice

What important phrase came from the Declaration of Sentiments?

• All individuals have the right to vote.
• All men are created equal.
• We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men and women are created equal.

Multiple Choice

Elizabeth Cady Stanton BOTH attended an __________ convention in London.

• Global Feminist Summit
• Women's Rights Conference
• anti-slavery

• International Women's Forum

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Elizabeth Stanton and Lucretia Mott were turned away from this convention because they were

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Multiple Choice

What does the word "suffrage" mean?

• The process of counting votes after an election.
• The right to vote in political elections.
• A form of government where citizens have no say.
• The ability to run for office in elections.

What is a Suffragist?

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Multiple Select

Select two tactics Suffragists used to campaign for Women's Rights:

• Writing letters to newspapers
• Hosting tea parties
• They picketed.

• They marched at the White House.

Multiple Choice

What does it mean to picket?

• To write a letter to a government official.
• To protest by standing outside a location with signs.

• To organize a community event for charity.
• To stand silently without any signs.

Multiple Choice

The first __________________ was held in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1849.

• National Civil Rights Convention
• National Women's Rights Convention
• First Women's Suffrage Rally
• National Equality Conference

Multiple Choice

What was the name of Sojourner Truth's famous speech?

• The Gettysburg Address
• To Be or Not to Be
• I Have a Dream
• Ain't I a Woman?

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Section 1: The Early Suffrage Movement

Pages 143-145

Multiple Choice

Why did Susan B. Anthony get arrested in 1849?

• Susan B. Anthony was arrested for protesting slavery.
• Susan B. Anthony was arrested for voting illegally.
• Susan B. Anthony was arrested for tax evasion.
• Susan B. Anthony was arrested for public speaking without a permit.

Multiple Select

Select 3 things that Susan B. Anthony fought for in her lifetime:

• women's rights

• temperance movement

• conserving the environment

• abolition of slavery

• fighting for child labor laws

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Section 3: The Road to the 19th Amendment

Pages 147-149

Multiple Choice

What was the name of Mable Ping-Hua Lee's most famous speech/

• The Fight for Equality
• Voices of Change
• The Meaning of Women's Suffrage

• Women in Politics

Multiple Choice

Why did many Black suffragists have to form their own groups?

• They were not interested in suffrage.
• They faced discrimination.

• They preferred to support other social movements.
• They were fully included in all suffrage organizations.

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Section 4: National Suffrage at Last

Pages 150-152

Multiple Choice

How many states had to vote 'yes' for the Susan B. Anthony amendment to pass?

• 30
• 25
• 36
• 40

Multiple Choice

What did the 19th Amendment do for American Women?

• It abolished slavery for women.

• It granted American women the right to vote.

• It granted women the right to own property.

• It established equal pay for women.