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Gender equality: The VOTE

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The first country to give women the right to vote was:

a)

England

b)

The USA

c)

New Zealand

d)

Portugal

2.

The (a)   were women who campaigned for the right to vote always in a peaceful way.

3.

In 1903, a small group of more radical women led by (a)   formed the WSPU.

4.

The expression "the Suffragettes" was first used...

a)

by a Daily Mail journalist to mock the members of the WSPU

b)

by a TIMES journalist to mock the members of the WSPU

c)

by an MP to mock the members of the WSPU

d)

by the british Prime Minister to mock the members of the WSPU

5.

The suffragettes' campaign included...

a)

organizing peaceful protest actions.

b)

cutting telephone and telegraph wires.

c)

burning or bombing empty buildings.

d)

destroying pillar boxes.

e)

committing blood crimes.

6.

In 1913 the suffragette movement had its first martyr: (a)   died for the cause at Epsom race course in Surrey.

7.

In 1918, the Representation of the People Act allowed women to vote. Among other criteria, they had to...

a)

be over 30.

b)

be over 21.

c)

have registered property of land with a rateable value greater than £5

d)

have registered property of land with a rateable value greater than £500

8.

In Portugal, (a)   was the first woman to become a surgeon and to be allowed to vote.

9.

In 1911, Carolina Beatriz Ângelo was allowed to vote because ...

a)

she was over 21.

b)

she was a literate woman.

c)

as a widow, she was the head-of-household.

d)

she was rich.

10.

Law was changed after Carolina voted, and women were forbidden to vote again up to 1934

a)

Yes.

b)

No.