Woman's suffrage, rights, and review

Suffrage means the right to

• own a firearm

• vote in political elections

• practice your religion

• free speech

A sign says Mr. President How Long Must Women Wait For Liberty...

What does this represent

• Women wanted the president to support equal rights and the right to vote for females.

• Women wanted the US president to back labor unions.

• Women protested for homeless women and demanded equal job opportunities

What is the significance (importance) of the 19th Amendment?

• It ended racial segregation in the United States.

• It allowed all Americans to apply for any job they wanted.

• It raised the legal voting age to 18.

• It gave women the right to vote.

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.

____________ was the leader of the National Women's Party. She was put in solitary confinement in the mental ward of the  prison as a way to "break" her will. She went on a hunger strike, refusing to eat until women gained the right to vote.

• Lucy Burns

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton

• Hillary Clinton

• Alice Paul

Which of the following women was a successful news journalist who wrote about women's rights in the United States?

• Gloria Steinem

• Betty Friedan

• Malala Yousafzai

• Shirley Chisolm

Which of the following women was the first African American woman to be elected to Congress and also to run for president from a major political party?

• Gloria Steinem

• Betty Friedan

• Malala Yousafzai

• Shirley Chisolm

Which of the following women would have been most likely to have said the following: "I don't want to be remembered as the girl who was shot. I want to be remembered as the girl who stood up."

• Gloria Steinem

• Betty Friedan

• Malala Yousafzai

• Shirley Chisolm

Which of the following helped organize worker strikes to demand more rights for women?

• Gloria Steinem

• Betty Friedan

• Malala Yousafzai

• Shirley Chisolm

Which of the following statements correctly describes the history of voting in the United States?

• Voting in the United States has always been open to everyone.

• All adult citizens today can vote, though at first only white males who owned land could vote.

• Voting was only open to those who did not own land in the beginning, since they needed government help the most.