Women in History Quiz

Which of the following statements BEST describes Sojourner Truth?

• Truth was an outspoken preacher who became one of the leading voices of the abolitionists.

• Truth was one of the leading organizers of the Seneca Falls convention on women's rights.

• Truth became a symbol for other slaves after successfully winning her freedom in court.

• Truth traveled throughout the South to talk about slavery after the publication of her memoirs.

Frederick Douglass' book, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, was published in 1845 and was an important text for which of the following movements in the United States?

• the environmental movement

• the labor movement

• the abolitionist movement

• the peace movement

Which TWO of these women worked to secure the right to vote for women in the United States?

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton

• Dolly Madison

• Dorothea Dix

• Susan B. Anthony

Which of the following individuals made nineteen separate journeys to help more than two hundred people escape from slavery?

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• Harriet Tubman

• Sojourner Truth

• Susan B. Anthony

Which of the following is NOT true of Sojourner Truth?

• She helped former slaves find places to live in western states.

• She was an active member of the Underground Railroad.

• She supported better prisons and the end of the death penalty.

• She was concerned for the welfare of African American women.

Which of the following events convinced Elizabeth Cady Stanton of the need for a women's rights convention?

• Susan B. Anthony was found guilty of voting without the legal right to vote.

• The Fifteenth Amendment passed but did not extend voting rights to women.

• Lucretia Mott passed away before the fight for women's suffrage had been won.

• Organizers of the World Anti-Slavery Convention refused to seat women as delegates.

Which of the following leaders was involved in ​the women's suffrage movement?

• John Brown

• Harriet Tubman

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• Susan B. Anthony

For what is Harriet Tubman BEST known?

• her work on behalf of American Indian suffrage

• her work with the Underground Railroad

• her work with the Harlem Renaissance

• her work on behalf of African American suffrage

Which of the following women was an important speaker for both the women's rights and abolitionist movements?

• Susan B. Anthony

• Sojourner Truth

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton

• Harriet Tubman

Which of the following is MOST closely associated with Elizabeth Cady Stanton?

• the National Women's Party, which campaigned for women's right to vote

• the Underground Railroad, which helped Southern slaves escape to freedom

• the Seneca Falls Convention, which launched the women's suffrage movement

• the Freedom's Journal, which was the first African American–owned newspaper