Early Civil Rights Movements — Unit test

Question 8 • [HSSUS] US History, Sem 1 (26-27)

Which best describes Carrie Chapman Catt’s “Winning Plan” to achieve national women's suffrage?

Answer

to demand a constitutional amendment instead of campaigning for suffrage in individual states

to campaign strongly for women’s suffrage on the state level instead of lobbying Congress to pass a constitutional amendment

to win women’s suffrage in as many states as possible while campaigning Congress to pass a constitutional amendment

to amend the US Constitution to grant women suffrage and then establish it in individual states

Explanation

Carrie Chapman Catt’s “Winning Plan” used both state and federal strategies. Supporters worked to win suffrage in as many states as possible while also pressuring Congress to pass a constitutional amendment. That describes choice C; the plan did not rely exclusively on either state campaigns or a federal amendment.

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