Women's Suffrage

Suffrage means the right to _______________.

• own a firearm
• vote in political elections
• practice your religion
• free speech

The Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 crafted a document that was very similar to the __________________.

• Emancipation Proclamation
• Halifax Resolves
• Declaration of Independence
• Articles of Confederation

Which statement best represents the events in the picture?

• Women wanted the president to support equal rights and the right to vote for females.
• Women wanted the U.S. president to back labor unions.
• Women did not like the president’s approach to civil rights.
• Women protested for homeless women and demanded equal job opportunities.

People such as Ida B Wells were prevented from participating in some protests due

• to their color

• the fact they were from Europe.

• to their home state location

• the books they wrote

As a result of the suffrage movement

• slavery was abolished.

• the 19th Amendment was passed

• women achieved equal pay

• women were allowed to drive.

People who fight for the right to vote are called?

• Suffragists

• Abolitionists

• Suffrage

• Housewives

Most states on the ____________ part of the United States started allowing women's the right to vote.

• East

• South

• North

• West

What American Suffragist was arrested for picketing the White House on behalf of Suffrage?

• Carrie Chapman Catt
• Susan B. Anthony
• Alice Paul
• Betty Friedan

Letter-writing campaigns and public marches are examples of what kind of protest?

• Suffrage protest

• Non-violent protest

• Angry protest

• Boycott

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What caused the split in the U.S. women's suffrage movement after the Civil War?

• Not all suffragists wanted women to have the right to vote

• Some suffragists wanted to extend the right to vote to illegal immigrants

• Some suffragists wanted to focus on getting the vote in the states, while others wanted to push for a constitutional amendment.

• Some suffragists wanted to deny the vote to freed enslaved people