Quiz- Equal Rights

Organized the “Silent Sentinels”, a two year women’s suffrage picket outside the White House.

• Alice Paul
• Elizabeth Eckford
• Susan B. Anthony
• Shirley Chisolm

Organized the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848 and wrote the Declaration of Sentiments.

• Alice Paul
• Rosa Parks
• Elizabeth Cady Stanton
• Elizabeth Eckford

First African American women to be elected to the US House of Representatives.

• Susan B. Anthony
• Rosa Parks
• Elizabeth Eckford
• Shirley Chisolm

Founder of the National Women’s Suffrage Association and the first female to appear on American money. 

• Alice Paul
• Susan B. Anthony
• Elizabeth Cady Stanton
• Rosa Parks

What was the main outcome of the Seneca Falls Convention?

• Women decided they did not need the right to vote in order to change society
• The Declaration of Sentiments spelled out the goals of the suffrage movement
• women were granted the right to vote by the 19th amendment
• none of the above

Which statement best explains the “glass ceiling”?

• there are barriers that prevent women from reaching high paying management jobs
• there are laws that prevent companies from paying women equally
• programs are created to train women for management careers
• None of the above

Why didn’t the Equal Rights Amendment pass?

• the Senate did not approve it
• The House of Reps did not approve it
• It was vetoed by the President
• It failed to get ratified by ¾ of the states

Which statement best summarizes Shirley Chisolm’s opinion on why it is harder to eliminate prejudice against women?

• prejudice against African Americans was never as bad as that against women
• fewer people are aware of the prejudice against women
• women are fighting harder against prejudice than African Americans
• none of the above

Why does Chisolm describe women as being “brainwashed”?

• She feels that women should not be participating in Civil Rights demonstrations
• she feels that women are being misled by the Equal Rights movement
• she feels women should return to more traditional roles as caretaker of the family
• she feels that women have accepted their role as second class citizens