The Right to Vote

Based on the article, which inference can the reader make about women's voting rights before the 19th Amendment was passed?

• Each state determined the voting rights of its women

• In the North and the South, all women had voting rights.

• Women never had voting rights anywhere in the nation

• Women had voting rights if they met certain conditions

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

Which detail from the article best supports the answer to the question #1

• "Some men argued that women should concern themselves only with household and family matters"

• "If women were citizens and the 15th amendment said that citizen had the right to vote, why couldn't women vote"

• "A major breakthrough in the struggle for the vote came in 1890, when Wyoming entered the union."

• "In the late 19 century and early 20 century, several states in the West extended voting rights to women."

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

Which of these is the central idea of paragraph of 12?

• Women were helpful to America during World War 1, which broke out in 1914.

• Because of World War 1, many Americans changed their opinions about women's roles.

• After World War 1, American women gained the right to vote with an amendment in 1920.

• By the end of World War 1, the major political parties in America agreed on women's suffrage.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Which important idea connects paragraph 5 and paragraph 6?

• The cooperation between Lucy Stone and Julia Howe

• The important social changes that resulted from the Civil war

• The partnership of Fredrick Douglas and Susan Anthony

• The disagreement over the rights in the 15th Amendment

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Which sentence from the passage best supports the inference that some men supported the women's suffrage movement?

• "Voting rights has been extended to most white men by the early 1800s"

• "Some men argued that women should only concern themselves with household and family matters"

• "About 40 men also arrested the convention"

• "However the group split up due to disagreements concerning the 15th amendment"

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1