Women's Rights Review

What did the Seneca Falls Convention do?

• It triggered and solidified the women's rights movement in America.

• It automatically gave woman tons of rights.

• It helped women learn to make really good food.

Answer explanation

The Seneca Falls Convention triggered and solidified the women's rights movement in America, making it the correct choice.

Who were Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott?

• Ordinary citizens of Pennsylvania.

• People who were okay with not having as many rights as men.

• Leaders at the Seneca Falls Convention.

Answer explanation

Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott were leaders at the Seneca Falls Convention, advocating for women's rights.

The Declaration of Sentiments and Grievances was drafted by Stanton and introduced at the Seneca Falls Convention. It was similar to a women's version of the Declaration of Independence.

• False.

• True.

Answer explanation

The correct answer is True because the Declaration of Sentiments and Grievances was indeed drafted by Stanton and introduced at the Seneca Falls Convention, resembling a women's version of the Declaration of Independence.

When did Congress pass the 19th amendment?

• More than 70 years after the women’s suffrage movement began in Seneca Falls, in 1920.

• Immediately after the Seneca Falls Convention.

• During the Seneca Falls Convention.

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 'More than 70 years after the women’s suffrage movement began in Seneca Falls, in 1920.' Congress passed the 19th amendment in 1920, over 70 years after the movement started.

Where did Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott meet each other for the first time?

• At a car store.

• Lucretia Mott met Elizabeth Stanton after Stanton saw Mott making a speech in the library.

• At the London’s World Anti-Slavery Convention.

Answer explanation

Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott met each other for the first time at the London’s World Anti-Slavery Convention.

At a women's rights convention in Akron, Ohio, __________________, a former slave, delivers her now memorable speech, "Ain't I a woman?"

• Betsy Ross

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton

• Sojourner Truth

• Alice Paul

Answer explanation

Sojourner Truth, a former slave, delivered the memorable speech 'Ain't I a woman?' at a women's rights convention in Akron, Ohio.

Many women were fined and arrested for attempting to vote.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Answer explanation

The statement is TRUE as many women were indeed fined and arrested for attempting to vote.

The western states were the first to give women the right to vote.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Answer explanation

The statement is TRUE. Western states such as Wyoming, Utah, and Colorado were among the first to grant women the right to vote in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

____________ was the leader of the National Woman’s Party and she was very much against President Wilson and his lack of support for women's suffrage.

• Alice Paul

• Lucy Burns

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton

• Hillary Clinton

Answer explanation

Alice Paul was the leader of the National Woman’s Party who went on a hunger strike in prison until women gained the right to vote.

A person who fought against slavery before the civil war was known by this term -

• Atheist

• Artist

• Abolitionist

• Suffragist

Answer explanation

The correct term for a person who fought against slavery before the civil war is Abolitionist.