Which statement best characterizes the role of Carrie Chapman Catt in expanding voting rights?A.She was an early intellectual who fought unsuccessfully to include women's suffrage in the Constitution.B.She was the leader of an organization that brought women's suffrage to public consciousness.C.She was a leader who brought together advocates for women's and African American suffrage.D.She was a community organizer who gained public attention for the civil rights movement.
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Which statement best characterizes the role of Carrie Chapman Catt in expanding voting rights?A.She was an early intellectual who fought unsuccessfully to include women's suffrage in the Constitution.B.She was the leader of an organization that brought women's suffrage to public consciousness.C.She was a leader who brought together advocates for women's and African American suffrage.D.She was a community organizer who gained public attention for the civil rights movement.
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The statement that best characterizes the role of Carrie Chapman Catt in expanding voting rights is B. She was the leader of an organization that brought women's suffrage to public consciousness. Catt served as the president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association and played a key role in the passage of the 19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote in the United States.
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Which statement best describes the significance of Carrie Chapman Catt to the women's rights movement?A.She served as president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association.B.She successfully argued for women's suffrage before the Supreme Court.C.She advocated protecting women's rights in the original Constitution.D.She fought to have women's rights included in the Fifteenth Amendment.
This woman is perhaps the most well-known advocate of women's rights and was the leader for women's suffrage. Who is she? A. Sarah Grimké B. Susan B. Anthony C. Sojourner Truth D. Clara Barton
Passage 1excerpt adapted from Do You Know?by Carrie Chapman Catt The article was written by Carrie Chapman Catt, who served as the president of the National Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) from 1900–1904, and then again from 1915–1920.DO YOU KNOW that the question of votes for women is one which is commanding the attention of the whole civilized world; that woman suffrage organizations of representative men and women exist in twenty-seven different countries; that in this country alone there are more than 1,000 woman suffrage organizations; that there is an International and a National Men's League for Woman Suffrage and numbers of local men's leagues; that the number of women who are asking for the vote in this country is larger than the number of men who have ever asked for anything in its entire history; and that a bill for a woman suffrage amendment to the United States Constitution is now before Congress?DO YOU KNOW that the women of New Zealand and the women of Australia possess all the political rights accorded to men?DO YOU KNOW that the women of Finland vote in all elections upon the same terms as men and that since then sixteen to twenty-five women have been elected to the different Parliaments?DO YOU KNOW that in Norway all women have the full Parliamentary vote and that in 1910 one woman sat in the Norwegian Parliament?DO YOU KNOW that the women of Iceland have the full Parliamentary franchise and that since 1902 one-fourth of the members of the council of the capital city have been women?DO YOU KNOW that the movement for woman suffrage is just a part of the eternal forward march of the human race toward a complete democracy . . . ?Passage 2from Representationby Alice Duer Miller After Vice President Thomas Riley Marshall, who served under President Woodrow Wilson, defended his opposition to women's suffrage by saying, "My wife is against suffrage, and that settles me," popular columnist and suffragette Alice Duer Miller responded by writing the following poem, in Marshall's voice. My wife dislikes the income tax, And so I cannot pay it; She thinks that golf all interest lacks, So now I never play it;5 She is opposed to tolls repeal (though why I cannot say), But woman's duty is to feel, And man's is to obey.4In "Do You Know?" and “Representation,” how do Catt and Miller address opposition to suffrage differently? A. Catt uses facts to inform and persuade, while Miller uses satire to highlight the ridiculousness of arguments against suffrage. B. Catt lists the accomplishments of the movement to gain support for suffrage, while Miller focuses on using wit to convince Marshall to change his mind. C. Catt describes the benefits of suffrage to build support, while Miller uses sarcasm to embarrass Marshall and his wife for being against suffrage. D. Catt uses pleas to convince others to join the suffrage movement, while Miller uses humor to show the importance of women's opinions.
What is Susan B. Anthony's purpose in "Speech After Being Convicted of Voting"?A.To argue that states should be able to make their own decisions regarding a woman's right to voteB.To suggest that a woman should be able to get an education so that she can better provide for her familyC.To oppose the viewpoint that slavery is an important part of the United States economic systemD.To argue that women should be allowed to vote because, as citizens, they should have the same rights as men
A female supporter of women's suffrage is most concerned about:A.women's right to voteB.equalityC.emancipationD.abolition
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