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What tactics would have been used by Alice Paul’s more aggressive followers? Select two optionspicketing in public areasengaging in hunger strikeswriting newspaper articleslecturing at public conferencesorganizing letter-writing campaigns

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picketing in public areas
B
picketing in public areas
C
engaging in hunger strikes
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engaging in hunger strikes
E
writing newspaper articles
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writing newspaper articles
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lecturing at public conferences
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lecturing at public conferences
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organizing letter-writing campaigns
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organizing letter-writing campaigns
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What was the main goal of the National Woman Suffrage Association?

A
gaining voting rights for women
B
gaining property rights for women
C
gaining political opportunities for women
D
gaining coeducational opportunities for women
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Read the quote.It is incredible to me that any woman should consider the fight for full equality won. It has just begun. There is hardly a field, economic or political, in which the natural and unaccustomed policy is not to ignore women. . . . Unless women are prepared to fight politically they must be content to be ignored politically.–Alice Paul,Following the passage of the 19th Amendment, 1920

A
The new law will bring women their goal of equal rights very soon.
B
Women should naturally expect to be treated more fairly under the new law.
C
Women must fight each other politically to achieve true equality under the law.
D
The new law giving women the right to vote was a first step in the long road to equality.
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How did women of the mid-19th century begin to establish more of a role in public society?

A
They ran for important political offices.
B
They became involved in reform movements.
C
They tried to take political power away from men.
D
They taught their daughters to work in jobs traditionally done by men.
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Based on the data, which conclusion can be drawn about the impact of the 19th Amendment?

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A
The high percentage of women voters has had a political impact.
B
Despite the opportunity to vote, women do not vote as often as men.
C
Despite the ability to vote, women register in lower numbers than men.
D
The percentage of women voters remains high even decades later.
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton fought for which issues? Select three options.

A
abolition
B
temperance
C
women’s rights
D
fair working conditions
E
reduction in city crime
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Which identifies the main reason women suffragists were interested in participating in the abolition movement?

A
They believed ending slavery would lead to equality for women.
B
They believed ending slavery would interest more people in suffrage movements.
C
They believed slavery was polarizing the northern and southern regions of the nation.
D
They believed slavery denied both men and women the freedoms and rights they were fighting for.
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What did Susan B. Anthony hope to gain by her arrest for casting a ballot in 1872?

A
She wanted to promote a run for public office.
B
She wanted to bring attention to the cause of women’s suffrage.
C
She wanted to demonstrate problems with how votes were counted.
D
She wanted to show women they could vote despite the law against it.
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Read Section 1 of the 14th Amendment.All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

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It addresses equality for all citizens.
B
It claims to protect their lives.
C
It describes who is a citizen of the country.
D
It promises citizens equal protection under the law.
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How did the Declaration of Sentiments impact reform in the mid-19th century?

A
Issues identified in the document became important to men.
B
Its claim that women were equal to men led women to seek voting rights.
C
Its claim of women's equality was largely supported by society.
D
Issues identified in the document were addressed by the government.

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