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votes for women

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the name of the group who used peaceful methods?
a)
suffragists
b)
suffragettes
c)
suffer me nots
d)
votes for women
2.
What is the name of the group who use more violent methods?
a)
suffragettes
b)
suffragists
c)
suffer me nots
d)
votes for women
3.
What does the word suffrage mean?
a)
the right to vote
b)
being in pain
c)
fighting using violence
d)
fighting using peaceful methods
4.

Which of these acts was NOT something done by suffragettes?

a)

Jumping in front of a horse

b)

Bombing a house

c)

Starving themselves

d)

Graffiti

e)

Poisoning people

5.

What does WSPU stand for?

a)

Women's Social and Political Union

b)

Women's Society for Politics Understanding

c)

Weekly Social and Political Union

d)

West Sussex Political Union

e)

Women's Social and Political Understanding

6.

Why did women try to get arrested?

a)

They were safer in prison

b)

So they got free food

c)

To anger their husbands

d)

To get publicity

e)

To waste police time

7.

Were all suffragettes upper class?

a)

Yes they all came from the upper class

b)

No, they all came from the middle and lower classes

c)

No, they came from all social backgrounds

8.

When was the suffragettes movement created and by whom?

a)

1897 by Emeline Pankhurst

b)

1899 by Milicent Fawcett

c)

1903 by Emeline Pankhurst

d)

1908 Milicent Fawcett

9.

What was the Suffragettes motto?

a)

Action not talk

b)

Deeds not words

c)

Fight not argue

d)

Fists not quips

10.

Which of these women was NOT a suffragette?

a)

Emmeline Pankhurst

b)

Emily Wilding Davison

c)

Christabel Pankhurst

d)

Millicent Fawcett

e)

Annie Kenny

11.

Who was the founder of the Women's Social and Political Union?

a)

Millicent Fawcett

b)

Emmeline Pankhurst

c)

Emily Wilding Davison

d)

Christabel Pankhurst

12.

What was a common tactic used by suffragettes to gain attention?

a)

Peaceful protests

b)

Hunger strikes

c)

Petitioning

d)

Public speeches