Suffragists

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How were women of the 1800s at the heart of the reform movement?

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They were housewives and homemakers, Abolitionists, and seekers of women's rights.

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Why did women need to educate themselves?

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In order to educate their own children

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What were mothers expected to teach their children?

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They were supposed to teach them about moral values.

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How did Kamala Harris break the glass ceiling?

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Ms. Harris is the first woman to be elected vice-president of the US, which means that it will be easier for other women to attain that achievement.

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What was the significance of the Seneca Falls Convention?

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it was the first women's rights convention held in the US

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What was the Declaration of Sentiments?

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It was a document patterned after the Declaration of Independence that laid out why women should have equal rights.

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What was NOT one of the outcomes of the Women's March in Washington, DC?

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police were supportive of the women and protected them from agitators

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What about Alice Paul's background enabled her to imagine equality for women? Options: she was raised in New Jersey where women were already equal, she was raised in Quaker faith which always viewed all people equal to each other, she was educated in England with other women

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she was raised in Quaker faith which always viewed all people equal to each other

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When was the 19th Amendment ratified?

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August 18, 1920

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Why did Alice Paul and the NWP (National Women's Party) break away from Carrie Chapman Catt and the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA)?

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Paul and the NWP wanted to pursue a Constitutional Amendment not lobby state-by-state.