Women's Suffrage Movement

What year did women win the right to vote?

• 1865
• 1920
• 1933
• 1945

Which amendment gave women the right to vote?

• 19th
• 18th
• 15th
• 13th

Why were women suffragists angry about the 15th amendment?

• Because it gave African American men the right to vote
• Because it made prohibition illegal
• Because it made alcohol illegal
• Women were not angry about the 15th amendment

Who was the president of the United States when women won the right to vote?

• Woodrow Wilson
• John F. Kennedy
• Franklin Roosevelt
• William McKinley

What method was NOT used by Rose Winslow to gain suffrage for women?

• She went on a hunger strike in jail
• She picketed in front of the White House
• She broke bottles of alcohol in a saloon

How did the US government react to women who protested outside of the White House?

• They shot tear gas into the crowd
• They arrested the women
• They sympathized and fed the women

What was the significance of the Seneca Falls Convention?

• Abraham Lincoln gave a speech in support of Women’s Suffrage
• It was the first large gathering in the Women’s Suffrage movement
• Women planned the first march in front of the White House
• Women prepared letters to ask for the end of the sale of Alcohol

Why did women in the West get suffrage sooner than the rest of the United States?

• The weather was nicer and men were not as angry
• Pioneer women work side by side with men on the land
• Slavery ended in the West sooner and this encourage men to give women the right to vote
• None of the above

Why was Carrie Chapman Catt important to the women’s suffrage movement?

• She was a brilliant organizer whose plan for suffrage was followed by women across the country
• She died in jail from a hunger strike
• She was the first woman to get a Ph. D from a major university
• She worked on the suffrage movement in Britain and brought her efforts to the United States

Why was Alice Paul important to the women’s suffrage movement?

• She was a brilliant organizer whose plan for suffrage was followed by women across the country
• She died in jail from a hunger strike
• She was the first woman to get a Ph. D from a major university
• She worked on the suffrage movement in Britain and brought her efforts to the United States