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Suffragettes

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Emmeline Pankhurst was a...

a)

Politician

b)

Suffragette

c)

Factory Worker

2.

What is a Suffragette?

a)

A sandwich

b)

A woman fighting for the right to vote.

c)

A woman who wears lots of makeup.

d)

A woman who works in a shop.

3.

What kind of things could women not do before the Suffragettes?

a)

Go to university.

b)

Look after their baby.

c)

Cook and clean.

d)

Vote.

e)

Wear trousers.

4.

What violent things did the Suffragettes do?

a)

Burn Churches.

b)

Attack people.

c)

Chain themselves to railings.

d)

Vandalize shops.

5.

Which group did Emmeline Pankhurst form?

a)

Women's Sandwich and Pie Union

b)

Women’s Social and Political Union

c)

Women's Shakespeare and Performance Union

6.

What did Emmeline and other Suffragettes do in prison?

a)

Sit and cry

b)

Go on a hunger strike

c)

Shout at police officers

7.

When did women get the parliamentary vote in the UK?

a)

1916

b)

1917

c)

1918

d)

1919

8.

The motto of the Suffragettes was

a)

'Deeds and words"

b)

'Deeds not words’.

c)

'Actions speak louder than words'

9.

When all suffragette prisoners started to go on hunger strike, what did the authorities do to begin with?

a)

They let the women die in prison

b)

They immediately released them

c)

They let the women grow weak and then released them

d)

They force-fed them

10.

How did women get the vote?

a)

they were dangerous

b)

women contributed to the war effort

c)

too many men had been killed