Carousel Passport- "On Women's Right to Vote"

2. 2. Hot Text: Select the word from Paragraph 3 that comes from a Latin word meaning “future”. (V.1.2)

“We, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Ⓐ union, establish justice, insure domestic Ⓑ tranquillity, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of Ⓒ liberty to ourselves and our Ⓓ posterity, do Ⓔ ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”

• union

• tranquility

• liberty

• posterity

• ordain

4. 4. Read this excerpt from Paragraph 8.

“And I hardly believe any of our opponents will have the hardihood to say they are not.” (Paragraph 8)

What does hardihood mean in this sentence? (V.1.3)

• proof

• modesty

• boldness

• determination

6. 6. Read this excerpt from paragraph 6.

“It is not a republic. It is an odious aristocracy; a hateful oligarchy of [gender]; the most hateful aristocracy ever established on the face of the globe; an oligarchy of wealth, where the rich govern the poor.” (Paragraph 6)

What is the meaning of odious as it is used in the paragraph? (V.1.3)

• awful

• agreeable

• nauseating

• unpleasant

8. 8. Hot Text: Select the word from Paragraph 5 that comes from a Latin word meaning “restriction” or “limitation”. (V.1.2)

“For any state to make [gender] a Ⓐ qualification that must ever result in the Ⓑ disfranchisement of one entire half of the people, is to pass a bill of Ⓒ attainder, or, an ex post facto law, and is therefore a Ⓓ violation of the supreme law of the land. By it the blessings of Ⓔ liberty are forever withheld from women and their female posterity.” (Paragraph 5)

• qualification

• disenfranchisement

• attainder

• violation

• liberty

9A. Which central idea of the text does the following quote support?

“it is a downright mockery to talk to women of their enjoyment of the blessings of liberty while they are denied the use of the only means of securing them provided by this democratic-republican government” (Paragraph 4)

• Central Idea 1: Women should be treated as citizens of America.

• Central Idea 2:

  Women should be equal to men.

• Both Central Ideas

9B. Which central idea of the text does the following quote support?

“By it the blessings of liberty are forever withheld from women and their female posterity.” (Paragraph 5)

• Central Idea 1: Women should be treated as citizens of America.

• Central Idea 2:

  Women should be equal to men.

• Both Central Ideas

9C. Which central idea of the text does the following quote support?

“ordains all men sovereigns, all women subjects, carries dissension, discord, and rebellion into every home of the nation.” (Paragraph 6)

• Central Idea 1: Women should be treated as citizens of America.

• Central Idea 2:

  Women should be equal to men.

• Both Central Ideas

9D. Which central idea of the text does the following quote support?

“every discrimination against women in the constitutions and laws of the several states is today null and void” (Paragraph 8)

• Central Idea 1: Women should be treated as citizens of America.

• Central Idea 2:

  Women should be equal to men.

• Both Central Ideas

10. 10. How does “The Awakening” represent women’s suffrage differently than “On Women’s Right to Vote”? (R.3.3)

• The cartoon depicts how much women yearn for and want the right to vote.

• The cartoon portrays the female perspective on being given the right to vote.

• The cartoon depicts that some states have already established the right to vote.

• The cartoon portrays who is leading the fight for women to gain the right to vote.