Women's Suffrage Movement Quiz

What was the primary issue addressed at the two-day convention in Seneca Falls, New York, in 1848?

• The abolition of slavery

• Women's suffrage

• Property rights for women

• Educational opportunities for women

What document did Elizabeth Cady Stanton's Declaration of Sentiments model after?

• The U.S. Constitution

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Bill of Rights

• The Emancipation Proclamation

What was the outcome of the first full Senate vote on women's suffrage in 1887?

• It was passed unanimously

• It was narrowly defeated

• It was soundly defeated

• It was postponed indefinitely

Which organization was formed as the nineteenth century neared an end, reuniting as the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA)?

• The Seneca Falls Convention

• The Women's Rights National Historical Park

• The National Women's Party

• The National American Woman Suffrage Association

What did the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments fail to address that women were demanding?

• Abolition of slavery

• Right to divorce

• Suffrage for women

• Property rights

During the Women's Suffrage Movement protests were often used to increased public support. Which constitutional right is being exercised in this photograph?

• The First Amendment
• The Second Amendment
• The Fourth Amendment
• The Sixth Amendment

Which phrase from this excerpt is MOST directly related to the Nineteenth Amendment?

• “We hold these truths to be self-evident”

• “they are endowed by their Creator”

• “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness”

• “deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed”

Answer explanation

19th Amendment - Women get to vote. Voting is politicians getting their power from people that voted for them.

The Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 crafted a document that was very similar to the __________________.

• Emancipation Proclamation
• Halifax Resolves
• Declaration of Independence
• Articles of Confederation

Which Constitutional Amendment granted women suffrage?

• 14th
• 15th
• 18th
• 19th

Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the Seneca Falls Conference

• abolition
• the Second Great Awakening
• women's suffrage
• education reform