Women's Sufferage

Read this sentence from paragraph 2 of the selection. “The founders of our country thought that the people should get to elect government representatives.” What is the meaning of founders in this sentence?

• people who live in a nation

• laws of a government

• voters in an election

• people who start something

Which detail supports the idea that early leaders in the United States believed the people of a country should get to choose their government representatives?

• The founders set up a democracy with elections.

• The founders limited suffrage to white men

• Women published articles about gaining the right to vote.

• The Nineteenth Amendment gave women the right to vote.

The 1848 meeting in New York was important in raising public awareness about women’s right to vote. Which sentence from the selection supports this idea?

• “Back then, we would not have seen women lining up to cast their votes.”

• “In most cases, the right to vote was given only to white men who owned property.”

• “This amendment said that all men could vote, no matter what race or color they were.”

• “They believed any attention was good attention.”

Which detail from the selection shows that some people were uncomfortable with the idea of equal treatment for women?

• People wrote articles about giving women the right to vote

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton organized a meeting to discuss women’s rights.

• People mocked and made fun of the women at the 1848 meeting

• Susan B. Anthony became interested in women’s suffrage.

How are the amendment to the U.S. Constitution in the 1870s and the Nineteenth Amendment alike?

• Both amendments declared that women had the same rights as men.

• Both amendments increased the number of citizens who were allowed to vote.

• Both amendments increased the number of citizens who could own property.

• Both amendments declared that people of all races had the same rights.

Read this sentence from paragraph 1. “Last week our school was used as a polling place for an election.” What is a “polling place”?

• where citizens vote

• where protests are held

• where suffrage is taught

• where people debate

Read this sentence from the selection. “Men and women, people who were young and people who were old, and people of different backgrounds cast their ballots.” What does the phrase “cast their ballots” mean in this sentence?

• ran for political office

• voted in an election

• campaigned for a candidate

• worked in the government