Women's suffrage and Prohibition

Why were women suffragists angry about the 15th amendment?

• Because it gave African American men the right to vote
• Because it made prohibition illegal
• Because it made alcohol illegal
• Women were not angry about the 15th amendment

What was the significance of the Seneca Falls Convention?

• Abraham Lincoln gave a speech in support of Women’s Suffrage
• It was the first large gathering in the Women’s Suffrage movement
• Women planned the first march in front of the White House
• Women prepared letters to ask for the end of the sale of Alcohol

Passage of what amendment in 1920 gave women the right to vote?

• The Bill of Rights.

• The Prohibition Amendment.

• The 14th Amendment that granted "equal protection of the law."

• The 19th Amendment.

What was included in the Declaration of Sentiments delivered at the 1948 Seneca Falls Convention by Elizabeth Stanton and Lucretia Mott?

• That women should be given the vote.

• Only people who own property should be allowed to vote.

• Only people who had at least a high school education should be allowed to vote.

Famer's Political Party

• A.I.M.

• Populists

• Chicanos

• Famer's Unite

Prohibition was started in 1920 by which amendment?

• 17
• 18
• 19
• 21

The end of the Prohibition era came with the

• passage of the Volstead act
• 21st Amendment
• arrest of Al Capone
• start of the Great Depression

Which is the best example of a political machine?

• A group of immigrants gather together and demand rights, and better pay
• The government breaks apart big businesess
• A political organization that uses corruption to buy and cheat votes
• A politician asks for donations for his campaign 

William "Boss" Tweed was known for what? 

• Controlling elections, and giving favors away to immigrants to stay in control
• Robbing banks and then giving the money to the poor
• A Republican political machine
• A naturalized Irish immigrant that fought for immigrants 

In 1890 the _______________ _____________ _____ was passed by the U.S. government to prevent monopolies from unfair business practices

• Better Business Bureau

• Savings and Loan Act

• Sherman Antitrust Act