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Women's Rights and Suffrage (USHA)

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The right to vote.

a)

temperance

b)

reformation

c)

suffrage

d)

abolition

2.

The ____ th Amendment finally gave women the right to vote.

a)

16th

b)

17th

c)

18th

d)

19th

3.

The abstention from alcoholic beverages.

a)

temperance

b)

abolition

c)

principle

d)

representation

4.

The fight to end slavery.

a)

sentiment

b)

federalism

c)

abolition

d)

suffrage

5.

Heavy drinking was common in the 1800s, and it caused problems in the home.

a)

true

b)

false

6.

In 1836, ________ founded Troy Female Seminary, the country's first high school for girls.

a)

Emma Hart Willard

b)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

c)

Lucretia Mott

d)

Susan B. Anthony

7.

_____ College became the first U.S. college to admit women on equal terms with men.

a)

Mount Holyoke

b)

Harvard

c)

Occidental

d)

Oberlin

8.

__________ College became the first women's college in the United States.

a)

Mount Vernon

b)

Mount Holyoke

c)

Cyprus

d)

Marymount

9.

Only men joined the abolitionist movement.

a)

true

b)

false

10.

The __________ sisters spoke out publicly against slavery.

a)

Anderson

b)

Lucas

c)

Grimke

d)

Harvey

11.

Which TWO women attended the World's Anti-Slavery Convention of 1840 in London, England?

a)

Lucretia Mott

b)

Sojourner Truth

c)

Susan B. Anthony

d)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

12.

The Seneca Falls Convention was held in _______.

a)

New York

b)

Illinois

c)

Massachusetts

d)

Pennsylvania

13.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902)—

a)

was an abolitionist and early women's rights leader

b)

helped draft the Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments

c)

attended the World Anti-Slavery Convention in London

d)

all answer choices are correct

14.

The Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments stated that "all men and women" are created equal.

a)

true

b)

false

15.

The Seneca Falls Convention did not get the attention of the press and the public.

a)

true

b)

false

16.

"Remember the __________."

a)

vote

b)

suffering

c)

ladies

d)

times

17.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton and _____________ founded the National Woman Suffrage Association.

a)

Sojourner Truth

b)

Lucretia Mott

c)

Susan B. Anthony

d)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

18.

The _______ Amendment granted the right to vote to African-American men.

a)

14th

b)

15th

c)

16th

d)

17th

19.

War contributions and suffrage work convinced Congress to pass the 19th Amendment.

a)

true

b)

false

20.

The Married Women's Property Act of 1848 gave married women in ______ the right to control their own property.

a)

Indiana

b)

California

c)

Wisconsin

d)

New York

21.

In the year _______, all married women in the U.S. gained property rights.

a)

1922

b)

1918

c)

1900

d)

1910

22.

In ______, the Supreme Court granted women the right to serve on a jury.

a)

1947

b)

1950

c)

1942

d)

1951

23.

In 1860, the state of New York granted women the right to keep their own wages.

a)

true

b)

false

24.

Women used ________ to win better working conditions.

a)

cash

b)

boycotts

c)

unions

d)

court cases

25.

_______ opened the first U.S. birth control clinic in 1916.

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

Susan B. Anthony

c)

Lucretia Mott

d)

Margaret Sanger