Quiz  /  Suffrage

  • 1. 
    What does suffrage mean?

  • The right to vote
  • The right to a fair trial
  • Freedom of religion
  • The right to own a business

  • 2. 
    True or False: The United States was the last country in the world to give women the right to vote.

  • TRUE
  • FALSE

  • 3. 
    In what U.S. territory, which later became a state, were women first given the right to vote?

  • California
  • Massachusetts
  • New York
  • Wyoming

  • 4. 
    Where was the first women's rights convention held?

  • Seneca Falls, NY
  • Boston, MA
  • Richmond, VA
  • New York, NY

  • 5. 
    What amendment to the U.S. Constitution guaranteed women the right to vote?

  • 14th
  • 19th
  • 5th
  • 21st

  • 6. 
    What women's rights leader held a hunger strike in jail?

  • Lucy Stone
  • Susan B. Anthony
  • Elizabeth Cady Stanton
  • Alice Paul

  • 7. 
    True or False: Women were allowed to vote in the early democracy of Ancient Greece.

  • TRUE
  • FALSE

  • 8. 
    What U.S. state first passed an amendment giving women the right to vote?

  • Colorado
  • Vermont
  • North Carolina
  • Florida

  • 9. 
    Which of the following women was a leader in the women's right movement?

  • All of the above
  • Susan B. Anthony
  • Elizabeth Cady Stanton
  • Lucretia Mott

  • 10. 
    Who was president when women gained the right to vote?

  • Woodrow Wilson
  • Abraham Lincoln
  • George Washington
  • John F. Kennedy
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