Famous Americans

Susan B. Anthony was born into a _______________ family.

• Quaker 
• poor
• healthy
• Catholic

Where was Susan B. Anthony born?

• Boston, Massachusetts
• Adams, Massachusetts
• Hyde Park, New York
• Mayesville, South Carolina

Quakers are a religious group that believed: 

• schools should be segregated based on race
• women should not have many rights
• everyone should be treated equally

Why was Anthony fired from her first teaching job?

• She spoke out against unequal pay for men and women
• She refused to teach girls the same things as boys.
• She often did not show up to work on time.
• She helped the girl students more than the boy students.

What state was Lyndon B. Johnson born in?

• Arizona
• Texas
• California
• Maryland

Anthony was an abolitionist.  What is an abolitionist?

• a person who wants the right to vote
• A person who wants equal pay for men and women.
• a person who wants to end slavery

Anthony met with which famous abolitionist to discuss the matter of ending slavery?

• Sojourner Truth
• Frederick Douglass
• Harriet Tubman
• John Brown

Anthony worked closely with ______________ for the cause of women's rights. 

• President Abraham Lincoln
• Elizabeth Cady Stanton
• Frederick Douglass
• The Quaker community

Which war led to the end of slavery?

• The American Revolution
• WWII
• The Civil War
• The Anti- Slavery movement

Anthony was a suffragist. What does suffrage mean?

• the right to make one's own decisions.
• the right to own property
• the right to vote
• the right for women to earn the same as men