Women's Suffrage

Suffrage means the right to _______________.

• own a firearm
• vote in political elections
• practice your religion
• free speech

Which statement best represents the events in the picture?

• Women wanted the president to support equal rights and the right to vote for females.
• Women wanted the U.S. president to back labor unions.
• Women did not like the president’s approach to civil rights.
• Women protested for homeless women and demanded equal job opportunities.

Woodrow Wilson was the head of the ______________ branch when the 19th Amendment was ratified.

• Legislative
• Executive
• Judicial

Which international conflict actually helped the Women's Suffrage Movement?

• The American Civil War
• World War I
• The French and Indian War
• The Revolutionary War

Those opposed to women suffrage believed that women were childlike and incapable of independent thought.

• TRUE
• FALSE

Which Constitutional Amendment granted women suffrage?

• 14th
• 15th
• 18th
• 19th

What tragedy gave more urgency to arguments that women needed the right to vote?

• The Battle of Gettysburg
• The sinking of the Luistania
• The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
• Wilmington Race Riot

It took women a long time to get voting rights for all the following reasons EXCEPT:

• The leaders in the Women Suffrage Movement used overly emotional arguments.
• The Civil War and the 14th and 15th Amendments that followed interrupted the movement.
• Many Americans felt that giving women the right to vote would be harmful to the existing social and political structures.
• Many organizations and competing strategies distracted the focus.

When did Congress finally approve (ratify) the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution?

• 1776
• 1861
• 1920
• 1929

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What is the purpose of Seneca Falls Convention?

• abolish slavery

• support abortion

• fight for women's suffrage and many other equal rights

• champion women's rights