13-4 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
01. Which Constitutional Amendment established woman’s suffrage?
19th
02. How many states had to ratify the 19th Amendment in order to have it become law?
36
03. The 19th Amendment was approved in which year?
1920
04. Name the 36th state that ratified the 19th Amendment and made it the law of the land.
Tennessee
05. What name was given to people that supported the right of women to vote? What was their nickname?
Suffragists—Suffs
06. What name was given to people that opposed the right of women to vote? What was their nickname?
Anti-Suffragists—Antis
07. Who led the women’s suffrage movement in 1920?
Carrie Chapman Catt
08. Woman’s suffrage was first debated at which national meeting?
Seneca Falls
09. The Seneca Falls Meeting took place in which year?
1848
10. Seneca Falls is located in which state?
New York
11. What does NAWSA mean?
National American Woman Suffrage Association
12. By 1890, women had gained the right to buy, sell and ___ land.
Will
13. Which Supreme Court decision in the 19th Century established that there were “separate spheres” for men and women?
Bradwell v. Illinois
14. Bradwell v. Illinois involved a case where a woman wanted to do what profession?
Law
15. Under the Bradwell decision, the Court established that there was a “separate ___” for men versus women.
Sphere
16. Many suffragists received their political training participating in which groups that investigated social conditions, publicizing their findings, suggesting reforms, lobbying officials and monitoring enforcement of new laws?
Voluntary Organizations
17. Anti-Suffragists argued that allowing women to vote was unnecessary because they had enough power already and that it would make them too what?
Masculine
18. Which powerful group (interest group—lobbyists) joined the suffragists because they felt women would challenge their economic interests?
Alcohol
19. What fraction of Congress had to approve a proposed amendment to make it law?
Two-Thirds
20. After a proposed amendment passed Congress, it had to be ratified by what fraction of states?
Three-Fourths
21. Suffragists, applying to methods to reach their goal of suffrage, focused on gathering support for a constitutional amendment and getting individual ___ to approve right to vote.
States
22. Women had the greatest success in receiving the suffrage at the state level in which states? (compass direction)
West
23. Did women have more difficulty achieving suffrage at the state or national level?
National
24. Who wrote the wording for the suffrage amendment that eventually passed at the national level?
Susan B. Anthony
25. What name was given to the suffrage bill after 1878?
Anthony Amendment
26. Who led the NAWSA from 1900 to 1904 and then starting in 1914?
Carrie Chapman Catt
27. How did Catt change the strategy of the NAWSA?
Systemized (precinct to precinct political work)
28. Who became the leader of the NAWSA suffrage committee in 1913?
Alice Paul
29. Seeing an aggressive suffrage campaign within which nation impacted Alice Paul?
England
30. Alice Paul worked closely with which individual?
Lucy Burns
31. Alice Paul and Lucy Burns organized a very successful suffrage parade in which city?
D.C.
32. The Washington Suffrage March, led by Alice Paul and Lucy Burns, was a day before which event?
Inauguration (Wilson)
33. The Washington Suffrage March led to the establishment of which suffrage group?
Congressional Union (CU)
34. Who was the principal founder of the CU?
Alice Paul
35. Which types of “protests” did the CU practice?
Aggressive—Militant
36. How did CU members protest prison conditions when they were arrested for their suffrage protests?
Hunger Strikes
37. The CU bypassed which groups when they launched their national campaign for suffrage?
State Suffrage Organizations
38. The NAWSA focused on which four states in their suffrage campaign after the CU was formed?
NY, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, NJ
39. Who was named the leader of the NAWSA in 1914 when it became obvious that four key states would be lost?
Carrie Chapman Catt
40. When Carrie Chapman Catt was named the leader of the NAWSA in 1914, what authority was she given?
Unlimited
41. What name was given to the suffrage strategy embraced by Carrie Chapman Catt in 1914?
Winning Plan
42. The Winning Plan focused on developing leaders who would serve for how many years?
6
43. The Winning Plan focused on developing which type of leaders?
Professionals (full time vs. amateurs)
44. In the Winning Plan, it was a goal to get which group to propose a federal suffrage amendment?
Congress
45. By 1917, the NAWSA had how many members?
Two Million
46. Separate spheres for men and women seemed to disappear due to which event in the early 20th Century?
World War I
47. Which Constitutional Amendment made it easier for women to get approval of a national suffrage amendment?
18th (Prohibition)
48. Congress gave way to the suffrage proposal due to the work of the CU, NAWSA and the pressure of which political forces?
State
49. Which political term refers to the minimum number of members legally necessary to hold a vote?
Quorum
50. The Nineteenth Amendment was the last major reform of which era in American history?
Progressive
19th
02. How many states had to ratify the 19th Amendment in order to have it become law?
36
03. The 19th Amendment was approved in which year?
1920
04. Name the 36th state that ratified the 19th Amendment and made it the law of the land.
Tennessee
05. What name was given to people that supported the right of women to vote? What was their nickname?
Suffragists—Suffs
06. What name was given to people that opposed the right of women to vote? What was their nickname?
Anti-Suffragists—Antis
07. Who led the women’s suffrage movement in 1920?
Carrie Chapman Catt
08. Woman’s suffrage was first debated at which national meeting?
Seneca Falls
09. The Seneca Falls Meeting took place in which year?
1848
10. Seneca Falls is located in which state?
New York
11. What does NAWSA mean?
National American Woman Suffrage Association
12. By 1890, women had gained the right to buy, sell and ___ land.
Will
13. Which Supreme Court decision in the 19th Century established that there were “separate spheres” for men and women?
Bradwell v. Illinois
14. Bradwell v. Illinois involved a case where a woman wanted to do what profession?
Law
15. Under the Bradwell decision, the Court established that there was a “separate ___” for men versus women.
Sphere
16. Many suffragists received their political training participating in which groups that investigated social conditions, publicizing their findings, suggesting reforms, lobbying officials and monitoring enforcement of new laws?
Voluntary Organizations
17. Anti-Suffragists argued that allowing women to vote was unnecessary because they had enough power already and that it would make them too what?
Masculine
18. Which powerful group (interest group—lobbyists) joined the suffragists because they felt women would challenge their economic interests?
Alcohol
19. What fraction of Congress had to approve a proposed amendment to make it law?
Two-Thirds
20. After a proposed amendment passed Congress, it had to be ratified by what fraction of states?
Three-Fourths
21. Suffragists, applying to methods to reach their goal of suffrage, focused on gathering support for a constitutional amendment and getting individual ___ to approve right to vote.
States
22. Women had the greatest success in receiving the suffrage at the state level in which states? (compass direction)
West
23. Did women have more difficulty achieving suffrage at the state or national level?
National
24. Who wrote the wording for the suffrage amendment that eventually passed at the national level?
Susan B. Anthony
25. What name was given to the suffrage bill after 1878?
Anthony Amendment
26. Who led the NAWSA from 1900 to 1904 and then starting in 1914?
Carrie Chapman Catt
27. How did Catt change the strategy of the NAWSA?
Systemized (precinct to precinct political work)
28. Who became the leader of the NAWSA suffrage committee in 1913?
Alice Paul
29. Seeing an aggressive suffrage campaign within which nation impacted Alice Paul?
England
30. Alice Paul worked closely with which individual?
Lucy Burns
31. Alice Paul and Lucy Burns organized a very successful suffrage parade in which city?
D.C.
32. The Washington Suffrage March, led by Alice Paul and Lucy Burns, was a day before which event?
Inauguration (Wilson)
33. The Washington Suffrage March led to the establishment of which suffrage group?
Congressional Union (CU)
34. Who was the principal founder of the CU?
Alice Paul
35. Which types of “protests” did the CU practice?
Aggressive—Militant
36. How did CU members protest prison conditions when they were arrested for their suffrage protests?
Hunger Strikes
37. The CU bypassed which groups when they launched their national campaign for suffrage?
State Suffrage Organizations
38. The NAWSA focused on which four states in their suffrage campaign after the CU was formed?
NY, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, NJ
39. Who was named the leader of the NAWSA in 1914 when it became obvious that four key states would be lost?
Carrie Chapman Catt
40. When Carrie Chapman Catt was named the leader of the NAWSA in 1914, what authority was she given?
Unlimited
41. What name was given to the suffrage strategy embraced by Carrie Chapman Catt in 1914?
Winning Plan
42. The Winning Plan focused on developing leaders who would serve for how many years?
6
43. The Winning Plan focused on developing which type of leaders?
Professionals (full time vs. amateurs)
44. In the Winning Plan, it was a goal to get which group to propose a federal suffrage amendment?
Congress
45. By 1917, the NAWSA had how many members?
Two Million
46. Separate spheres for men and women seemed to disappear due to which event in the early 20th Century?
World War I
47. Which Constitutional Amendment made it easier for women to get approval of a national suffrage amendment?
18th (Prohibition)
48. Congress gave way to the suffrage proposal due to the work of the CU, NAWSA and the pressure of which political forces?
State
49. Which political term refers to the minimum number of members legally necessary to hold a vote?
Quorum
50. The Nineteenth Amendment was the last major reform of which era in American history?
Progressive