10
QuizMultiple Choice

The Progressive Movement

Question 10 • MO-US History II A

The passage of the Fifteenth Amendment in 1869 prompted the formation of two major suffrage organizations because

Answer
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.