Women's Suffrage Movement

1) What does suffrage mean?

• The right to vote
• The right to own a business
• The right to a trial

4) Where was the first women's rights convention held?

•  Seneca Falls, NY
• Boston, MA
• New York, NY
• Philadelphia, PA 

5) What amendment to the U.S. Constitution guaranteed women the right to vote?

• 4th
• 2nd
•  19th 

9) Which of the following women was a leader in the women's right movement?

•  Elizabeth Cady Stanton
•  Susan B. Anthony
• Lucy Stone
• All the above

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

• 1776
• 1861
• 1920
• 1929

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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.

Who was Susan B Anthony?

• Political Activist
• Teacher 
• Scientist
• Politician 

Women still did not have the right to go to college until the late 1800's, vote or own property

• True

• False

Many women abolitionists also worked for women’s rights. In July 1848, Lucretia Mott and ________________________ held the first women’s rights convention. It was in Seneca Falls, New York. The Seneca Falls Convention laid the foundation for the women’s rights movement.

• Emily Dickinson

• Harriett Beecher Stowe

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton

• Sojourner Truth

The convention put out a statement called the ____________________________. The statement demanded an end to laws that were unfair to women. It said women should be allowed to work in jobs and businesses where the workers were mostly men.

• Declaration of Independence

• Declaration of Abolitionists

• Declaration of Sentiments

• Declaration of Women's Rights