Abolitionist movement and Suffrage

Abolitionists worked to (more than one answer)

• give women the right to vote.

• grow as much cotton as possible.

• make slavery popular in every state.

• put an end to slavery.

How did Harriet Tubman help slaves?

• She helped injured and sick slaves hurt their masters.
• She brought food to the slaves who were starving.
• She offered the escaped slaves a place to live.
• She helped them escape through the Underground Railroad.

One of the goals of the women's suffrage movement was to

• give women the right to work.
• allow women to attend church.
• give women the right to vote.
• get women out of schools.

Which of the following women was born into slavery and later became a speaker for abolition( ending slavery) and women's rights?

• Harriet Tubman

• Lucretia Mott

• Sojourner Truth

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton

What is something that Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Sojourner Truth, and Harriet Tubman have in common? (more than one answer)

• They disagreed with slavery

• They felt women should have rights, for example, the right to vote

• They felt slavery was okay

• They agreed that women should NOT have a voice or vote

A person who believed in getting rid of slavery was called ______________.

• an abolitionist
• a soldier
• a civilian

Which of the following individuals was a former slave who published a newspaper titled “The North Star” which spoke about the evils of slavery?

• Sojourner Truth

• Frederick Douglass

• Abraham Lincoln

• Harriet Tubman

Why is the 19th Amendment referred to as the Susan B. Anthony amendment?

**19th amendment gave women the right to vote

• She worked hard to get it passed

• She signed the amendment

• She was elected to office and wrote the amendment

• She wrote to her Senator and asked the Senator to name the 19th amendment after her

How did Frederick Douglass help the suffragist movement?

**suffrage-women's right to vote

• He encouraged women to form conventions

• He convinced Elizabeth Mott’s husband to help her.

• He spoke at the Seneca Falls convention in support of the suffragists (women's rights).

• He marched in the Women’s Suffrage Parade.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton wrote the Declaration of Sentiments which was presented at the First Women's Convention in Seneca Falls. Stanton changed the words in this document to say that

• " all men are created equal"

• "all men and women are created equal"

• "all men and women can attend conventions from this day forward"

• "all women have the right to vote"