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Women's Rights and Suffrage Answers

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Which of the following did the five reformers who organized the Seneca Falls Convention have in common?

A
They came from states where women had gained suffrage.
B
They had gained political support by being jurors on important cases.
C
They were experienced at effectively organizing women’s rights conventions.
D
They were active in the abolition movement.
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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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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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Starting in the1800s, members of the suffragist movement in the United States focused on women's right to

A
own property.
B
vote.
C
serve on a jury.
D
teach school.
5

Which of the following best describes the causes women reformers and activists focused on before the suffragist movement?

A
the temperance movement only
B
temperance, abolition of slavery, and education for women and girls
C
women's right to vote
D
women's right to vote and abolition of slavery
6

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 statement best describes society's view on women and education in the early 1800s?

A
Society believed that women should be allowed to attend school through high school.
B
Society believed that women should attend college and earn degrees.
C
Society believed that women needed only the ability to read, write, and do simple math.
D
Society believed that women needed to learn a foreign language and have an understanding of world affairs.
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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
9

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.
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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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