Women's Suffrage

Letter-writing campaigns and public marches are examples of what kind of protest?

• Suffrage protest

• Non-violent protest

• Angry protest

• Boycott

Which of these words best characterizes the women behind the suffrage movement?

• Traditional

• Unconcerned

• Determined

• Violent

What obstacle had to be overcome before women earned the right to vote?

• The belief that women could not be taught to read

• The belief that women could not hold any job outside the home

• The belief that women could only vote for female candidates

• The belief that women weren't educated enough to vote

The Seneca Falls conference was ridiculed by some people. What's the most likely reason?

• There was longstanding prejudice against people from upstate New York

• Women traditionally weren't used to having the same right as men

• The participants' ideas were too complicated for most to understand

• Very few people actually showed up at the conference

Which of these factors contributed to the 19th-century women's suffrage movement?

• The development of new technologies

• The invention of the automobile

• Families having more children

• Women being banned from the workplace

What caused the split in the U.S. women's suffrage movement after the Civil War?

• Not all suffragists wanted women to have the right to vote

• Some suffragists wanted to extend the right to vote to illegal immigrants

• Some suffragists wanted to focus only on getting the vote, while others wanted more

• Some suffragists wanted to deny the vote to freed enslaved people

Which of these statements is true?

• Before the 20th century, women could not vote anywhere in the world

• The first American woman voted after the 19th amendment was passed

• Women from landowning families could vote in town meetings in parts of colonial America

• Women were given the right to vote before African Americans