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Women's Rights and Suffrage Answers

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Which of the following marked the achievement of a long-held suffragist goal in the early 1900s?

A
the Declaration of Sentiments
B
the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution
C
Catt’s “Winning Plan”
D
the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution
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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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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.
5

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.
6

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.
7

The woman who opened the first birth-control clinic in the United States was

A
Lucretia Mott.
B
Margaret Sanger.
C
Susan B. Anthony.
D
Emma Hart Willard.
8

In the early 1800s, society considered temperance to be an acceptable cause for female reformers because this issue related to

A
equality between men and women.
B
community welfare and family.
C
a woman's ability to provide for her family.
D
access to education.
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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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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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