Women's Suffrage

What is suffrage?

• Discrimination

• The right to vote

• Civil Rights

• The denial of the right to vote

Susan B. Anthony

• Discovered a new comet

• First American woman to earn a professional degree

• First American woman elected to a national political office

• Leader in the women’s suffrage movement

All of the following were actively involved in securing the rights to vote for women EXCEPT

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton

• Susan B. Anthony

• Florence Kelley

• Carrie Chapman Catt

What was the reason why the woman’s suffrage faced constant opposition?

• Liquor industry feared that women would vote in support of prohibition.

• Textile industry worried that women would vote for restrictions on child labor.

• Many men simply feared the changing role of women in society

• All of the Above

Which Amendment gave women the right to vote?

• Amendment 15

• Amendment 19

• Amendment 21

• Amendment 18

Women's contribution during this event moved President Wilson and others to support suffrage for women.

• The Civil War

• Revolutionary War

• WWI

• The Great Depression

Which group strongly supported the Women's Suffrage Movement?

• KKK

• Anti-Suffrage Society

• Robber Barrons

• Abolitionist

How did U.S. involvement in World War I impact the Women’s Suffrage Movement?

• Returning soldiers were exposed to the Woman Suffrage Movement in England and became more supportive.

• President Wilson decided to support voting rights for women after witnessing the contributions women made in the war effort.

• Congress refused to consider requests for domestic issues.

• People no longer considered granting women the right to vote because the war was a priority.

What suffragist held a hunger strike while in jail?

• Alice Paul

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton

• Lucy Stone

• Sojourner Truth

Elizabeth Cady Stanton and ________ were early Women's Suffrage supporters from the 1850's.

• Mary Todd Lincoln

• Susan B. Anthony

• Margaret Sanger

• Alice Paul