Address to Congress on Women's Suffrage

Suffrage is the right to

• a fair trial.

• freedom of speech.

• vote.

• bear arms.

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Women gained the right to vote when this amendment was passed.

• 17th

• 18th

• 19th

• 20th

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Carrie Chapman Catt wrote this address to

• the president of the United States.

• her fellow suffragettes.

• the king of England.

• the members of congress.

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Carrie Chapman uses the words of which historical men to persuade to congress to allow women to vote?

• Thomas Jefferson

• Abraham Lincoln

• George Washington

• Woodrow Wilson

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The argument that "Taxation without representation is tyranny" dates back to

• the American Revolution.

• World War I.

• the War of 1812.

• the 1920s.

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In paragraph 5, the line "when its last un-enfranchised class calls for the vote" refers to

• women.

• people becoming naturalized citizens.

• men younger than 18.

• Uncle Sam.

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Uncle Sam balancing the tyranny of taxation without representation contrasted with the taxation of women shows

• the unfairness of denying women the right to vote.

• the reason women should not be allowed to vote.

• the reason women in England don't vote.

• None of these is correct.

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"Is there a single man who can justify such inequality of treatment, ...?" is an example of

• imagery.

• comparison / contrast.

• cause / effect.

• a rhetorical question.

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Carrie Chapman Catt was

• a US senator.

• a leader in the women's suffrage movement.

• president of the United States during World War I.

• Woodrow Wilson's wife.

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Is this a story, an article, or a speech?

• Story (Narrative)

• Article (Newspaper)

• Speech (Given to an Audience)