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In the early 1800s, society considered temperance to be an acceptable cause for female reformers because this issue related to

A
equality between men and women.
B
community welfare and family.
C
a woman's ability to provide for her family.
D
access to education.
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Starting in the1800s, members of the suffragist movement in the United States focused on women's right to

A
own property.
B
vote.
C
serve on a jury.
D
teach school.
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Which best describes the main difference between the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA) and the American Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA)?

A
The NWSA divided its efforts between suffrage and abolition; the AWSA did not.
B
The NWSA believed that suffrage was inevitable; the AWSA believed actively working for suffrage.
C
The NWSA supported Catt’s “Winning Plan”; the AWSA did not.
D
The NWSA worked for a constitutional amendment granting suffrage; the AWSA fought for suffrage at the state level.
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Which statement best describes Margaret Sanger?

A
She advocated for women's right to own property and campaigned for the Married Woman's Property Act.
B
She advocated for women's right to vote and founded the National Women Suffrage Association.
C
She advocated for women's access to education and opened one of the first all-female universities.
D
She advocated for women's health and helped educate women about birth control and family planning.
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Which of the following did Ukrainian immigrant Clara Lemlich accomplish in 1909?

A
suffrage for women in the state of New York
B
the founding of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers Union
C
the publication of the magazine The Woman Rebel
D
better working conditions for female garment workers in New York City
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Margaret Sanger’s appeal of her 1916 arrest resulted in the

A
legalization of doctors prescribing contraceptives and discussing family planning with patients.
B
creation of “Comstock Laws” on a state and federal level.
C
opening of her first birth control clinic in Brooklyn, New York.
D
publication of The Woman Rebel, a women’s health newsletter.
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Which of the following did the five reformers who organized the Seneca Falls Convention have in common?

A
They came from states where women had gained suffrage.
B
They had gained political support by being jurors on important cases.
C
They were experienced at effectively organizing women’s rights conventions.
D
They were active in the abolition movement.
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What government action prompted the organization of two women’s suffrage groups in 1869?

A
the arrest of Margaret Sanger
B
the announcement of Catt’s “Winning Plan”
C
the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment
D
the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment
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Read the quotation by Abigail Adams.“[I]n the new Code of Laws…Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors...If [particular] care and attention is not paid to the [Ladies] we are determined to foment a [Rebellion], and will not hold ourselves bound by any Laws in which we have no voice, or Representation.”Which of the following best describes Abigail Adams' view on the role of women in society?

A
Adams understood the necessity of a double standard between men and women.
B
Adams believed that women had traditionally been denied a voice in society’s affairs, and that this should change.
C
Adams was pleased with the traditional situation of women, and she wanted it to continue in the new nation.
D
Adams believed that women had traditionally been denied a voice in society’s affairs, and she planned to start a suffrage group.
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The passage of the Fifteenth Amendment in 1869 prompted the formation of two major suffrage organizations because

A
it marked a great success for the abolition movement, which many feminists opposed.
B
it granted formerly enslaved men the right to vote, while women were still denied this right.
C
it put a halt to Carrie Chapman Catt’s “Winning Plan” and set back the cause of women’s suffrage.
D
it granted women the right to vote in Western states but not in Eastern states.

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