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Women's Rights and Suffrage Answers

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Which of the following shows the correct order of events?

A
Catt’s “Winning Plan,” suffrage in some Western states, the Nineteenth Amendment
B
suffrage in some Western states, the Nineteenth Amendment, Catt’s “Winning Plan”
C
suffrage in some Western states, Catt’s “Winning Plan,” the Nineteenth Amendment
D
Catt’s “Winning Plan,” the Nineteenth Amendment, suffrage in some Western states
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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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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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In 1833, Oberlin College became the first US college to

A
admit women on equal terms with men.
B
educate only women and not men.
C
elect a woman as college president.
D
join women’s fight for temperance.
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton is most noted for

A
forming the Women’s Christian Temperance Union.
B
founding the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union.
C
helping draft the Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments.
D
working as a nurse during World War I.
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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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Which of the following was the goal of Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s National Woman Suffrage Association?

A
the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment in Congress
B
the establishment of women’s colleges throughout the US
C
the passage of a constitutional amendment granting women the right to vote
D
the abolition of slavery throughout the US
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Which of the following is considered to be the first major event of the women's movement?

A
the 1840 World Anti-Slavery Convention
B
the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention
C
the Second Continental Congress
D
the Married Women’s Property Act
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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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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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