Is It a Crime for the Citizen of the United States to Vote?

22. What does oligarchs mean in paragraph 6 of the speech?

• Rulers

• Subjects

• Caretakers

• Helpers

23. Read this sentence from paragraph 4 of the speech.

It was we, the people, not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens, but we, the whole people, who formed the union.

The phase "we the people" appears at the beginning of the Constitution of the United States. Why does Anthony use version of that phrase in her speech?

• To criticize the Constitution as a flawed document

• To appeal to her audience's sense of fairness

• To argue that women should be able to own property

• To claim that white, male citizens did not form the country

24. The Daily Graphic printed the image of Anthony less than two weeks before her trial began. The image was most likely intended to influence people to think of Anthony as being-

• fearful

• brave

• dangerous

• guilty

25. In addition to showing Anthony, the image from The Daily Graphic shows men caring for children, a female police officer, and groups of women both supporting and opposing the women's movement. The inclusion of these details suggest that-

• more is at stake in the trial than just one woman voting illegally

• women have largely won the equality they have demanded

• everyone in the nation supported equal rights for women

• an increase in women's equality would weaken the rights of men

26. Read the following sentence from paragraph 2 of the speech.

It shall be my work this evening to prove to you that in thus voting, I not only committed no crime, but, instead, simply exercised my citizen's rights, guaranteed to me and all United States citizens by the National Constitution, beyond the power of any state to deny.

What is the best paraphrase of this sentence?

• Only citizens of the United States have the right to vote.

• The Constitution should be changed to let women vote.

• Only a state, not the Constitution, can keep women from voting.

• The right of women to vote is already promised by the Constitution.

27. Read this sentence from paragraph 7 of the speech.

Webster, Worcester, and Bouvier all define a citizen to be a person in the United States, entitled to vote and hold office.

Based on this definition of the word citizen, Anthony concludes that women in the United States-

• cannot be considered either people or citizens

• should be treated like people but not as citizens

• should be able to exercise the same rights as men

• are not allowed to vote or be elected to government