19th Amendment History Vocabulary Practice

Many people thought encouraging women's involvement in politics would _____________ society.

• merge

• tackle

• undermine

In 1848, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott decided to organize _________ across the country.

• factions

• momentum

• plight

Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony opposed the 15th amendment because of the __________ of women.

• plight

• exclusion

• momentum

By the turn of the 20th century, the women's suffrage movement had gained renewed __________________.

• momentum

• plight

• expansion

Between 1910 and 1918, a number of states and territories _______________ voting rights to women.

• defeated

• undermined

• expanded

In 1913, on the eve of President Woodrow Wilson's inauguration, hundreds of women were injured in a _____________ suffrage parade in the nation's capital.

• massive

• credible

• fundamental

In 1917, 33 suffragists were arrested, and they were clubbed, beaten, and _______________ by prison guards.

• expanded

• merged

• tortured

In 1890, after the amendment was defeated, the suffrage movement decided to ____________ suffrage state by state.

• tackle

• undermine

• exclude

Press coverage of the women's treatment increased sympathy for their _______________.

• expansion

• plight

• credibility

The 19th Amendment, which ______________ denying the vote based on gender, was officially incorporated into the US Constitution on August 26, 2020.

• undermines

• expands

• prohibits