The Role of Women of Color in the Suffrage Movement

What major event caused a break between the white women suffragists and the black women suffragists?

• The Civil War

• The Great Depression

• World War 1

• World War 2

Which of the following were black abolitionists who also spoke in favor of suffrage?

• Sojourner Truth

• Harriet Tubman

• Frederick Douglas

• All of the above

Which of the following chaired the inaugural meeting of the South Carolina Women's Rights Association and declared her support for suffrage before the South Carolina House of Representatives?

• Charlotte "Lottie" Rollin

• Mary Ann Shadd Cary

• Mary Church Terrell

• Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin

In South Carolina immediately after the Civil War, black women suffragists had the support of which group?

• White women

• White legislators

• Black election officials

• The governor

Many black suffragists linked racial advancement to what social issue?

• Drug use

• Alcohol abuse

• Labor inequality

• Immigration

Which of the following was a prominent suffragist, journalist, and anti-lynching advocate?

• Charlotte "Lottie" Rollin

• Mary Ann Shadd Cary

• Mary Church Terrell

• Ida B. Wells-Barnett

Which of the following women was the first president of the National Association of Colored Women?

• Charlotte "Lottie" Rollin

• Mary Ann Shadd Cary

• Mary Church Terrell

• Ida B. Wells-Barnett

Which of the following started the first Black woman suffrage club in Illinois, the Alpha Suffrage Club?

• Charlotte "Lottie" Rollin

• Mary Ann Shadd Cary

• Mary Church Terrell

• Ida B. Wells-Barnett

What was one of the main purposes of the Alpha Suffrage Club?

• To gain the right of all women to vote

• To organize women to help elect candidates

• To elect women to government positions

• To end lynching around the country

Which of the following founded the National Council of Negro Women as well as a university?

• Mary McLeod Bethune

• Frances Ellen Watkins Harper

• Hallie Quinn Brown

• Mary Church Terrell