Women's Suffrage and the 19th Amendment

What does suffrage mean?

• A painful experience

• The right to vote in political elections

• The right to equal rights for all

• The process through which amendments are passed

What is the difference between Suffragists and Suffragettes?

Why were women angry about the 15th Amendment?

• Because it refused women the right to vote

• Because it gave African American Men the right to vote

• Because it gave Immigrants the right to vote

• Because it defined citizens as 'male'

What organization was Elizabeth Cady Stanton president of?

• The National Association of Mothers

• The National Temperance Association

• National American Woman Suffrage Association

• The American Association of Women

What does the 19th Amendment guarantee?

• The right to vote for married women

• The right to vote for Upper Class Women

• The right to vote for Native Born white women

• The right to vote for all women

When was the 19th Amendment ratified?

• June 4, 1920

• August 18, 1920

• June 4, 1919

• August 18, 1919

What was another name for the 19th Amendment?

• The Elizabeth Cady Stanton Amendment

• The Susan B. Anthony Amendment

• The Housewife Amendment

• The Alice Paul Amendment

What are some of the reasons that some women were able to become well-known advocated for women's suffrage?

Who was the President when the 19th Amendment was passed?

• John Adams

• Harold Taft

• FDR

• Woodrow Wilson

Why did some Suffragettes go on hunger strikes while imprisoned?

• They were only being fed bread

• Prison food was gross

• They thought it make jails release them

• They considered themselves political prisoners