Suffrage Movement Quiz

Which phrase correctly defines "suffrage"?

• the right to vote

• the right to work

• the right to education

• the right to own property

What was the main goal of the women's suffrage movement?

• to elect a woman president

• to give women the right to vote

• to give women the right to own property

• to give African Americans the right to vote

A secondary goal of the suffrage movement was to improve women's rights. Which rights did suffragists work to help gain and protect for women? (Choose 3)

• the right to travel

• the right to own property

• the right to get an education

• the right to serve in the military

• the right to equal opportunities in business

Which woman made the statement "Remember the ladies" to her husband when he was part of the Second Continental Congress?

• Abigail Adams

• Susan B. Anthony

• Lucretia Mott

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Who was arrested for voting and became an important suffragist speaker, helping to organize the National Woman Suffrage Association?

• Mabel Ping-Hua Lee

• Sojourner Truth

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton

• Susan B. Anthony

Who wrote the Declaration of Sentiments and helped organize the Seneca Falls Convention after being refused a seat at an anti-slavery conference?

• Mabel Ping-Hua Lee

• Sojourner Truth

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton

• Susan B. Anthony

Who argued for the rights of Black women and gave a famous speech at the Ohio Women’s Rights Convention called the “Ain’t I a Woman” speech?

• Mabel Ping-Hua Lee

• Sojourner Truth

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton

• Susan B. Anthony

Who immigrated to the U.S. from China at the age of nine and led more than 10,000 people in the New York suffrage parade at sixteen?

• Mabel Ping-Hua Lee

• Sojourner Truth

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton

• Susan B. Anthony

Why was the Seneca Fall Convention important? (Choose 2)

• The resolutions in the Declaration of Sentiments were passed.

• The conference marked the birth of the Women's Suffragist movement.

• Many women were arrested for trying to gain equal rights at this conference.

• The conference marked the first debate between suffragists and anti-suffragists.

How did some people in the women's suffrage movement deny the rights of others while they fought for women's rights? (Choose 2)

• Some people didn't value the role of Black women.

• Some people fought only to have land-owning women be able to vote.

• Some people turned people of other races away from their organizations.

• Some people forced Black women to march at the back of some parades.