Women's Suffurage

Suffrage means the right to _______________.

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

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.

As a result of the suffrage movement

• slavery was abolished.

• the 19th Amendment was passed

• women achieved equal pay

• women were allowed to drive.

What year did women win the right to vote?

• 1865
• 1920
• 1933
• 1945

Who was the president of the United States when women won the right to vote?

• Woodrow Wilson
• John F. Kennedy
• Franklin Roosevelt
• William McKinley

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.

Which of the following people from history were known as suffragists? Select all that apply

• Sojourner Truth

• Susan B. Anthony

• Lucretia Mott

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton

This person organized the first women's rights convention in Seneca Falls, New York.

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton

• Harry T. Burn

• Anne Dallas Dudley

• Susan B. Anthony

In the early 1800s, most women did not:

• Sign their own contracts

• Own their own property

• Make political speeches

• Do any of the above

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