Unit 6 Chapter 1

Which of these rights did women not have in the 1800s?

• the right read

• the right to speak

• the right to vote

How did Lucretia Mott feel about Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s demand that women should have the right to vote?

• She thought it was asking too much too soon

• She did not agree

• she agreed

• she thought it was a great change to make

Which founding document does Elizabeth Cady Stanton echo in the quote “We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal.”?

• Amendments

• Civil Rights

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Constitution

How did newspapers react to Stanton’s demand for women’s right?

• become angry

• thought it was a joke

• thought it was a great idea

Who was given the right to vote in the Fourteenth Amendment?

• Both Male & Female American Citizens

• American Male Citizens

• American Female Citizens

How was Sojourner Truth especially gifted?

• a political activist

• a reformer

• a powerful speaker

• an amazing author

How did Mabel Ping-Hua Lee work for women’s equality?

• She led a suffrage parade of ten thousand people

• She published “The Meaning of Woman Suffrage”

• She wrote "Woman's Voice" a poem

• she changed the representatives minds

Which phrase best explains a way in which the suffragists hoped to achieve their goal?

• By changing the mind of citizens and representatives in government

• By agreeing with representatives in government

• By being in the political government

What is the quote “He has compelled her to submit to laws, in the formation of which she had no voice.” trying to say?

• Women cannot vote, so they have no say in the laws they follow

• Women cannot vote, so they have a say in the laws that are created

• Women cannot vote, so they can't understand the government