Women's Rights Movement

The main goal of the women's rights movement in the early 20th century was to achieve

• the right to vote

• equal pay for equal work

• the freedom to practice birth

  control

• the end of discrimination in

  hiring

The women's rights movement in the early 20th century focused its efforts primarily on securing

• a cabinet position for a woman

• reform of prisons

• civil rights for all minorities

• suffrage for women

Consumer protection, women's suffrage, and the secret ballot are all reforms associated with the

• Reconstruction Era

• Progressive Movement

• New Deal

• civil rights movement after

  World War II

Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott were best noted for their struggle to

• prohibit the manufacture and

  sale of alcohol

• abolish slavery

• secure the right of women to

  vote

• expose government corruption

Which long-awaited goal of the women’s rights movement was achieved during the Progressive Era?

• right to vote

• right to own property

• equal pay for equal work

• equal access to employment and

  education

“The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex….”

— 19th Amendment, United States Constitution

Which group of women worked for the passage of this amendment?

• Harriet Tubman, Jane Addams,

  and Dorothea Dix

• Susan B. Anthony, Carrie

  Chapman Catt, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton

• Madeline Albright, Geraldine Ferraro, and Sandra Day O’Connor

• Clara Barton, Amelia Earhart,

  and Eleanor Roosevelt

According to the map, in which region of the United States did women receive the most support for equal suffrage before passage of the 19th amendment?

• East

• North

• South

• West

What does the map show about woman’s suffrage legislation before ratification of the federal woman’s suffrage amendment in 1920?

• Opposition to woman’s suffrage

  was strongest in the New England states.

• New York was the first state to

  grant women the right to vote in state elections.

• State legislatures never gave

  women the right to vote.

• Many western states granted

  women suffrage before passage of the 19th amendment.

Which conclusion about woman’s suffrage is best supported by the information in the chart?

• Congress did not allow women to

  vote in the territories.

• Before 1917, many of the

  western states had granted women the right to vote.

• The United States Supreme Court

  had to approve a woman’s right to vote in each state.

• Women were permitted to vote

  only in state elections.

A goal that was established at the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 was achieved in 1920 by the

• creation of a free public

  education system

• passage of legislation to end

  child labor

• adoption of national woman’s

  suffrage

• ratification of an amendment

  requiring national Prohibition