History

Question 1

When did women gain the right to vote in NZ (exact date)?

Answer 1

19th September 1893

Question 2

Who was the main leader of the suffrage movement?

Answer 2

Kate Sheppard

Question 3

How many signatures did the final petition gain?

Answer 3

Almost 32,000 (about 1/4 of the adult European population)

Question 4

Who was allowed to vote when the bill was passed?

Answer 4

Women over the age of 21 of Maori and European

Question 5

What organisation did Kate help found?

Answer 5

Women’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU)

Question 6

What was the final petition nicknamed?

Answer 6

The “monster petition”

Question 7

Who were some politicians that opposed the bill?

Answer 7

Richard Seddon, Henry Fish, and John Ballance who initially supported and then changed his mind due to political pressure

Question 8

Which counties were first to follow in NZ footsteps?

Answer 8

Australia (20yrs later) followed closely by Finland

Question 9

What are my FQs?

Answer 9

1. What did Kate Sheppard do for the suffrage movement? 2. What happened during the movement? 3. How did the suffrage movement impact life for everyone after the bill was passed?

Question 10

How does it fit into the civil rights movement?

Answer 10

It was the foundation of gender equality, inspiring other countries to follow suit

Question 11

What impact did the event have?

Answer 11

It resulted in women being able to vote and over time we saw more females getting male dominated roles

Question 12

What is women’s suffrage?

Answer 12

The struggle women went through to gain the right to vote through a series of passive resistance and petitions

Question 13

When did the suffrage movement take place?

Answer 13

1891-1893 (NZ)

Question 14

Why was it important?

Answer 14

So that women had equal rights to men

Question 15

Who passed the bill?

Answer 15

Governor Glasgow

Question 16

Who was Mary Ann Müller and what did she do?

Answer 16

She was a prominent suffragist and writer known for her advocacy for women’s rights, though she didn’t change anything legally she published a book saying that women deserved the right to vote paving the way for other leaders to follow

Question 17

Who was Meri Te Tai Mangakāhia and what did she do?

Answer 17

She was a Māori leader for the women’s suffrage movement

Question 18

Who was Elizabeth McCombs and what did she do?

Answer 18

Elizabeth was the first women elected into parliament (1933) and she was apart of the WCTU, she focused on equality for women

Question 19

What were the key events that led to the bill being passed?

Answer 19

The forming of suffrage societies and widespread petitions

Question 20

What was one of the differences between NZ and other countries’ suffrage movements?

Answer 20

In some other countries the protests needed defence forces to protect themselves

Question 21

What were the reactions to the bill getting passed?

Answer 21

Some were happy and some argued that it would disrupt traditional family values and gender roles

Question 22

What was the Montgomery bus boycott?

Answer 22

A protest against racial segregation on public transport in Montgomery sparked by Rosa Parks’ arrest for refusing to give up her seat on the bus to a white person

Question 23

Who was Martin Luther King Jr.?

Answer 23

A prominent leader in the civil rights movement who advocated for nonviolent protest to achieve racial equality.

Question 24

What was Martin Luther King’s legacy?

Answer 24

His leadership in events like the march on Washington and his “I have a dream” speech were central to the movements success in secaring civil rights legislation

Question 25

What were the Freedom Rides?

Answer 25

A series of interstate bus rides organized by civil rights activists to challenge segregation in public transportation in the South

Question 26

What was the voting rights act of 1965?

Answer 26

A Federal law designed to eliminate racial discrimination in voting.

Question 27

What was the Black Power movement?

Answer 27

A movement in the 1960s and 1970s that emphasized racial pride, economic empowerment and the creation of political and cultural institutions for African Americans

Question 28

What was the NAACP?

Answer 28

A civil rights organization founded in 1909 to.
fight racial discrimination and promote the rights of African Americans

Question 29

What does NAACP stand for?

Answer 29

National Association for the Advancement of Couloured People

Question 30

What was the Black Lives Matter movement?

Answer 30

A decentralized movement that began in 2013.
in response to police violence against African
Americans, particularly following the deaths of
Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, and others

Question 31

What were Jim Crow laws?

Answer 31

A series of state and local laws that enforced
racial segregation in the southern united states
from the late 19th century until the mid-20th
century

Question 32

What does segregation mean?

Answer 32

The enforced seperation of racial or ethnic groups in daily life, especially in schools, housing, employment and public facilities

Question 33

What are civil rights?

Answer 33

The rights of individuals to receive equal treatment and protection under the law, regardless of race, colour, religion or gender

Question 34

What was Plessy v. Ferguson?

Answer 34

A landmark U.S. supreme court case that upheld segregation under the doctrine “separate but equal”

Question 35

What was Brown v. Board of Education?

Answer 35

A supreme court case that declared racial
segregation in public schools unconstitutional,
overturning Plessy v. Ferguson

Question 36

What was Brown v. Board of Education?

Answer 36

A supreme court case that declared racial
segregation in public schools unconstitutional,
overturning Plessy v. Ferguson

Question 37

What was the impact of Brown v. BoE?

Answer 37

It marked a major victory for the civil rights.
movement, signaling that separate but equals
was inherently unequal

Question 38

Who was Malcolm X?

Answer 38

A key figure in the Black Power movement who
advocated for Black nationalism, self-defence,
and the empowerment of African Americans

Question 39

What were sit-ins?

Answer 39

Nonviolent protests in which African Americans
and allies would sit at segregated lunch counters or public places and demand service, despite the risk of arrest or violence

Question 40

What was the March On Washington?

Answer 40

A massive rally held at Washington D.C. where
Martin Luther King Jr delivered his “I have a dream” speech

Question 41

What was the Black Panther Party?

Answer 41

An organisation founded in 1966 by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale. Its purpose was to challenge police brutality against African Americans and address systemic racism and inequality in the United States