Women's Suffrage Movement Review

When people, usually prisoners, willingly give up food to protest unfair treatment or an injustice, it is called a(n) ______.

• suffrage movement

• hunger strike

• reformer

• abolitionist

Abolitionists and suffragists worked together to bring about different types of change. This type of effort is called a ________.

• hunger strike

• team

• law

• movement

What does abolish mean?

• to get rid of

• to pass a law

• to secede

• to vote

What is a suffragist?

• a person who works to end slavery

• a person who suffers many hardships

• a person who supports women's right to vote

• a person who worked on the Underground Railroad

What major event happened in 1848 that affected women's suffrage?

• the Civil War ended and freed the slaves

• the first women's rights convention was held

• Susan B. Anthony was born

• President Lincoln was elected and gave women the right to vote

What was the goal of the National American Woman's Suffrage Association?

• to end slavery in the United States

• to allow states to choose if women could have the right to vote

• to defeat President Lincoln in the next election

• to pass the 19th Amendment to the Constitution

Where did women first gain the right to vote in America?

• In the Wyoming Territory

• in the southern states

• in New York State

• in Washington, D.C.

How did the National Women's Work Party work to give women the right to vote?

• they wrote letters to President Lincoln asking for his support

• they protested, went on hunger strikes, and chained themselves to gates

• they made signs and banners and hung them in different places

• they screamed and yelled until they got their way

How did World War I help women gain the right to vote?

• women helped with the war effort and showed they were just as important as men

• women refused to help America succeed unless they were given the right to vote

• all the men left to fight in the war, so women were the only ones left to vote

Which of the following people from history were known as suffragists?

• Sojourner Truth

• Susan B. Anthony

• Emma Willard

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton