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WorksheetsSusan B Anthony
Total questions: 47
Worksheet time: 24mins
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Class
Date
1.
Which of the following people did not affect the rights of workers?
a)
Eleanor Roosevelt
b)
Franklin Roosevelt
c)
Susan B. Anthony
d)
Cesar Chavez
2.
Which of the following people helped American women gain the right to vote?
a)
Susan B. Anthony
b)
Lyndon B. Johnson
c)
Eleanor Roosevelt
d)
Thurgood Marshall
3.
Susan B Anthony was born in which city and state?
a)
Boston, MA
b)
Baltimore, MD
c)
Adams, MA
d)
Pasadena, CA
4.
What causes did Susan B Anthony work for?
a)
anti-slavery and anti-men
b)
women's rights and animal's rights
c)
animal's rights and worker's rights
d)
women's rights and anti-slavery
5.
Who worked closely with Susan B Anthony in gaining the right to vote for women?
a)
Mary McLeod Bethune
b)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
c)
Eleanor Roosevelt
d)
Thurgood Marshall
6.
The character trait of diligence means
a)
to never give up, no matter what problems may come
b)
to work against unfair government
c)
equal and fair treatment under the law
d)
the right to hold beliefs
7.
Which movement were Susan B Anthony and her family active in when she was young?
a)
anti-war
b)
abolitionist movement
c)
women's rights
d)
governor's race
8.
What did the 19th Amendment do?
a)
made segregation illegal
b)
gave women the right to vote
c)
made slavery illegal
d)
gave African Americans the right to vote
9.
Where did Susan B Anthony frequently go to urge the government to give women the right to vote in national elections?
a)
Rochester, NY
b)
Albany, NY
c)
Washington, D.C
d)
Yuma, AZ
10.
what did Susan B Anthony do that led to her arrest?
a)
She traveled to Washington, D.C. to speak for women's rights
b)
She voted for president
c)
She ran for president
d)
She moved to Rochester, NY
11.
What was the Underground Railroad?
a)
a way that enslaved people escaped slavery
b)
a railroad hidden under Washington, D.C.
c)
the train that Mary McLeod Bethune rode to get to school
d)
the train from Maryland to Washington, D.C.
12.
Why was it illegal for Susan B. Anthony to vote?
a)
she wasn't 18 years old
b)
she was African American
c)
she wasn't born in the United States
d)
she was a woman
13.
Equal and fair treatment under the law is the character trait of
a)
cooperation
b)
freedom of expression
c)
justice
d)
acceptance of authority
14.
What religion did Susan B Anthony and her family follow?
a)
Quaker
b)
Jewish
c)
Catholic
15.
How was Susan B Anthony different than many women of her day?
a)
she went to school
b)
she was taught how to sew dresses
c)
she learned how to bake pies
16.
How were Susan B. Anthony and Mary McLeod Bethune similar?
a)
They were both black
b)
they were both teachers
c)
they were both abolitionists
17.
Anthony worked for suffrage. What is suffrage?
a)
the right to own property
b)
the right to go to school
c)
the right to vote
18.
Why did Anthony go to jail?
a)
she escaped slavery
b)
she voted illegally
c)
she refused to pay taxes
19.
Susan B. Anthony was very diligent. What is the meaning of diligent?
a)
work hard and not give up
b)
showing kindness to others
c)
working as a team with a partner
20.
Without the hard work of Susan B Anthony how might American society have been affected?
a)
the slaves would not have been freed
b)
women may not have been allowed to vote in 1920
c)
President Roosevelt would not have been elected
21.
_____ visited Anthony's house for anti-slavery meetings.
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Frederick Douglass
c)
Mary McLeod Bethune
22.
Susan B. Anthony lived in a time when women were not allowed to
a)
drive
b)
vote
c)
work
d)
run
23.
Women who were married could not own
a)
property
b)
pets
c)
clothes
d)
shoes
24.
Susan B Anthony grew up working for
a)
the mayor
b)
congress
c)
justice
d)
the president
25.
Anthony's family members were____ who wanted to end slavery
a)
lawyers
b)
teachers
c)
senators
d)
abolitionists
26.
Susan B. Anthony and her friend _____ organized a women's rights convention in Seneca Falls, NY
a)
Eleanor Roosevelt
b)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
c)
Julie Brown
d)
Emily Johnson
27.
Susan and Elizabeth fought for women's suffrage, or a woman's right to ___
a)
vote
b)
campaign
c)
speak
d)
cook
28.
In 1782, Anthony was arrested for voting in the _____ election
a)
mayoral
b)
city
c)
state
d)
presidential
29.
Which candidate for president did Susan B Anthony vote for?
a)
Jimmy Carter
b)
Barack Obama
c)
Ulysses S. Grant
d)
George Bush
30.
Susan and Elizabeth wrote a series of books keeping an accurate record of what they had done to win suffrage called
a)
What We Did to Win
b)
The History of Our Fight
c)
How We Fought for Suffrage
d)
The History of Women's Suffrage
31.
Susan B Anthony is honored with the ____
a)
poem
b)
a song on the radio
c)
the Susan B. Anthony Silver Dollar coin
d)
a statue at the White House
32.
Why did Susan B. Anthony lose her teaching job?
a)
she did not teach her students
b)
she hit a student
c)
she spoke up about a male teacher getting paid more money than her
d)
she was always sick and missed alot of days
33.
What special law was passed in 1860 because of Susan B. Anthony's hard work?
a)
a New York law allowed married women to own property
b)
the Equal Pay Law
c)
the Women Can Vote law
34.
A Quaker is ______
a)
cruel system in which someone legally owns or controls another person
b)
a person who wants to end slavery
c)
religious group that emphasizes equality for all people
35.
Suffrage is _____
a)
the law-making part of the government
b)
working hard for a long time
c)
the right to vote
d)
something someone owns
36.
An organizer is one who____
a)
gets other people to work for a shared cause or goal
b)
wants to end slavery
c)
owns something
37.
What year was Susan B. Anthony born?
a)
1865
b)
1820
c)
1920
d)
1979
38.
Susan B. Anthony lived to see women gain the right to vote?
a)
True
b)
False
39.
______ is picture of this silver dollar?
a)
George Washington
b)
Susan B. Anthony
c)
Frederick Douglass
d)
Paul Revere
40.
The purpose of the Susan B. Anthony coin is ______
a)
to pay her back from when she was fired as a teacher
b)
to give her the money to pay her fine after she was arrested
c)
to honor her for her hard work for women's rights
41.
Susan B. Anthony was the first woman to be pictured on American money
a)
True
b)
False
42.
Susan B. Anthony died in______.
a)
2016
b)
1820
c)
2000
d)
1906
43.
Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton started a newspaper called ______.
a)
The North Star
b)
The Atlanta Journal Constuition
c)
The Liberator
d)
The Revolution
44.
Who was first granted the right to vote?
a)
women
b)
African American men
45.
Which of the following BEST shows how Susan B. Anthony respected the authority of the government?
a)
She promoted equal rights for Americans.
b)
She wanted teachers to be paid better.
c)
She asked Congress to overturn her fine for voting.
d)
She encouraged women to form unions.
46.
Which letter identifies the state where Susan B. Anthony published the women's rights newspaper The Revolution?
a)
O
b)
P
c)
Q
d)
R
47.
In her home state of New York, which of these political movements first shaped Susan B. Anthony's desire to fight for equal rights?
a)
the temperance movement
b)
the civil rights movement
c)
the abolition movement
d)
the occupy movement
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