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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 worked for a constitutional amendment granting suffrage; the AWSA fought for suffrage at the state level.
B
The NWSA divided its efforts between suffrage and abolition; the AWSA did not.
C
The NWSA believed that suffrage was inevitable; the AWSA believed actively working for suffrage.
D
The NWSA supported Catt’s “Winning Plan”; the AWSA did not.
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Which statement best describes society's view on women and education in the early 1800s?

A
Society believed that women needed to learn a foreign language and have an understanding of world affairs.
B
Society believed that women should be allowed to attend school through high school.
C
Society believed that women should attend college and earn degrees.
D
Society believed that women needed only the ability to read, write, and do simple math.
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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 put a halt to Carrie Chapman Catt’s “Winning Plan” and set back the cause of women’s suffrage.
C
it granted women the right to vote in Western states but not in Eastern states.
D
it granted formerly enslaved men the right to vote, while women were still denied this right.
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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
a woman's ability to provide for her family.
B
equality between men and women.
C
access to education.
D
community welfare and family.
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Which of these did the five reformers who organized the Seneca Falls Convention have in common?

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

A
the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment
B
the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment
C
the arrest of Margaret Sanger
D
the announcement of Catt’s “Winning Plan”
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Which of these marked the achievement of a long-held suffragist goal in the early 1900s?

A
Catt’s “Winning Plan”
B
the Declaration of Sentiments
C
the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution
D
the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution
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Which of these is considered to be the first major event of the women's movement?

A
the Married Women’s Property Act
B
the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention
C
the 1840 World Anti-Slavery Convention
D
the Second Continental Congress
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Which best describes the causes women reformers and activists focused on before the suffragist movement?

A
women's right to vote and abolition of slavery
B
women's right to vote
C
temperance, abolition of slavery, and education for women and girls
D
the temperance movement only

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