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Suffragette Movement

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is suffrage?

a)

The right to vote

b)

Unfair treatment of a group of people

c)

A network of free African Americans and whites that helped runaways make their way to freedom

d)

An invention used to improve trade

2.

What is discrimination?

a)

An invention used to improve trade

b)

Unfair treatment of a group of people

c)

A speech given in front of an audience

d)

The suffering experienced by enslaved Africans on the Middle Passage

3.

The protesters in the photo were a part of the

a)

Abolitionist movement

b)

Women’s Suffrage movement

c)

Labor rights movement

d)

Civil Rights movement

4.

Which amendment to the Constitution gave women the right to vote?

a)

11th Amendment

b)

20th Amendment

c)

31st Amendment

d)

19th amendment

5.

Which of the following would be something a suffragette would say?

a)

“People aren’t property! They deserve equality!”

b)

“Destroy the Bank!”

c)

“No taxation without representation!”

d)

“Women Work! Women Vote!”

6.

Which of the following is a famous suffragette?

a)

Andrew Jackson

b)

Kamala Harris

c)

Susan B. Anthony

d)

Sacagawea

7.

What is one major way women in the west had more opportunities than women in the east?

a)

They were allowed to own property.

b)

They were allowed to work.

c)

They were allowed to travel.

d)

They were allowed to marry who they wanted.

8.

How did Frederick Douglass fight for freedom and equality for all people?

a)

Fighting for the rights of Native peoples

b)

Leading pro-slavery marches in New York

c)

Giving passionate speeches for slavery

d)

Joining the women’s suffrage movement

9.

Why were many suffragists also abolitionists?

a)

They wanted equal pay.

b)

They believed women and Black people were superior to white men.

c)

They believed in equality for all people, black or white.

d)

They wanted land ownership rights.

10.

What were the long term effects of the suffragette movement?

a)

Women were able to attend college

b)

Women could own slaves

c)

Women had to travel with a male accomplice

d)

Women could only work housekeeping jobs

11.

Who was known born a woman, but identified as a man and became a well known stagecoach driver out west?

a)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

b)

Brock Hudson

c)

Charley Parkhurst

d)

J.B. Sanford

12.

What was one of the main goals of the women's suffrage movement?

a)

Gender Discrimination

b)

Gender Equality

c)

Gender Inequality

d)

Gender Ethics

13.

Most men supported the women's suffrage movement.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

What was life like for women in the 19th century?

a)

Women were superior to men.

b)

No matter where you lived you were equal and free.

c)

They were enslaved to their husbands and fathers.

d)

No matter where you lived your life was unequal and difficult.