Women's Suffrage & The 19th Amendment

When was the first-ever women's rights convention held?

• 1847

• 1848

• 1849

• 1948

WHERE was the convention that addressed women's rights?

• New Jersey

• Seneca Falls

• New Mexico

True or False: The 15th Amendment, passed in 1870, allowed  African-American men and all women to vote.

• True

• False

By the beginning of the 1900s, what was happening to the women's suffrage movement?

• The movement was becoming increasingly violent.

• It was gaining renewed momentum.

• The movement was falling apart and people were losing interest.

• The movement was successful in getting women the right to vote.

Women fought, protested, and marched for the right to vote.  How were they treated?

• The women were treated respectfully and kindly.

• The women were mostly ignored by American society.

• The women were usually killed in violent protests.

• The women were arrested, clubbed, beaten, and injured.

Why did President Woodrow Wilson come out in favor of women's suffrage?

• Because women had been important to the war effort during World War I.

• Because the women had ruined his inauguration.

• Because women had sent their sons and husbands off to fight in Europe.

• Because the women had threatened to protest his presidency.

True or False: The 19th Amendment ended all discrimination in voting.

• True

• False