Women's Suffrage: Compare and Contrast

Who helped organize the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848?

• Alice Paul and Susan B. Anthony

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott

• Alice Paul and Lucretia Mott

• Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton

What was the name of the document written at the Seneca Falls Convention?

• The Bill of Rights

• The Declaration of Sentiments

• The 19th Amendment

• The National Woman’s Party

Which amendment gave women the right to vote in the United States?

• 15th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

• 21st Amendment

• 1st Amendment

Who was a leader of the National Woman’s Party?

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton

• Alice Paul

• Lucretia Mott

• Susan B. Anthony

What was one way suffragists tried to get attention for their cause in the early 1900s?

• Writing the Declaration of Independence

• Organizing parades and rallies

• Starting a new country

• Voting in every state

How did World War I help the women’s suffrage movement?

• It stopped women from working

• It showed women could do important jobs

• It made voting illegal

• It ended the movement

Why did Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton work together?

• To write the 19th Amendment

• To change laws so women could vote

• To organize hunger strikes

• To protest outside the White House

What is one similarity between the early suffragists and the later suffragists described in the passages?

• Both groups gave up easily

• Both groups used speeches and public events to support their cause

• Both groups only worked in the West

• Both groups were against voting rights

Compare the challenges faced by suffragists in the 1800s and the early 1900s. How were they similar or different?