womens rights and campaigns up to ww1

Question 1

since when did women fight for temperance and prohibiton

Answer 1

1830s

Question 2

when did the wctu become a major organisation

Answer 2

1874

Question 3

how many members joined the wctu by 1920

Answer 3

800,000

Question 4

who led the wctu

Answer 4

Francis willard

Question 5

what does the wctu stand for

Answer 5

womens christian temperance union

Question 6

what was francis willard capable of

Answer 6

lobbying state legislatures
getting local/whole states to ban alcohol sales

Question 7

what did prohibition activists also support

Answer 7

womens rights to vote

Question 8

what did the wctu have

Answer 8

strong religious roots
political weight by female voters

Question 9

why was the nwsa created

Answer 9

dissapointment that african americans had the right to vote but women didn’t

Question 10

when was the nwsa created

Answer 10

1869

Question 11

who created the nwsa

Answer 11

susan b anthony and elizabeth cady stanton

Question 12

why were sufferage protests weakend

Answer 12

the creation of rival organisation

Question 13

what was the rival organisation to the nwsa

Answer 13

AWSA

Question 14

what does nwsa stand for

Answer 14

national women sufferage association

Question 15

what does awsa stand for

Answer 15

american women sufferage association

Question 16

what did the awsa do

Answer 16

admitted men
focused on women getting the vote in state legislatures

Question 17

when did the nwsa and awsa merge

Answer 17

1890

Question 18

what was the new name after the 1890 merger

Answer 18

national american women sufferage association

Question 19

what happened in 1875

Answer 19

supreme court decided women could not run for congress but local states could allow voting

Question 20

which two states gave women the right to vote first

Answer 20

wyoming and utah

Question 21

when did wyoming allow women to vote

Answer 21

1869

Question 22

when did utah allow women to vote

Answer 22

1870

Question 23

what did some states allow to vote

Answer 23

married women with school-aged children

Question 24

who wasnt allowed to vote in souther states

Answer 24

african american women

Question 25

who had substantial oppostion to women right to vote

Answer 25

some womens groups

Question 26

why did some women oppose sufferage

Answer 26

belived political participation reduced womens ability to care for children and take part in social work

Question 27

which country influenced female activist

Answer 27

britian

Question 28

what happened to the white house

Answer 28

women picketed demanding the vote

Question 29

who founded the congressional union

Answer 29

lucy stone and alice paul

Question 30

how did public opinion change after ww1

Answer 30

hostility to war effort becoming apparent

Question 31

what did the nwsa urge

Answer 31

federal and states governement to support women working for the war

Question 32

who worked on the council of national defence

Answer 32

anna howard shaw and carrie chapman catt

Question 33

who was the leader of nwsa

Answer 33

carrie chapman catt

Question 34

when was the 19th ammendment

Answer 34

1919

Question 34

what did carrie chapman catt do

Answer 34

persuade more states to allow women to vote

Question 35

when was the 19th amendment ratified

Answer 35

1920

Question 36

what did the 19th ammendment pass

Answer 36

the female right to vote

Question 37

when did britian enfranchise women

Answer 37

1918

Question 38

short term results for women
-1920 election

Answer 38

large numbers of women didnt vote even tho they were eligable

Question 38

short term results for women
- party influence

Answer 38

women had little influence in democratic/republican roles

Question 39

short term results for women
-vote

Answer 39

divided on how best to use the vote

Question 40

what did the nwsa become after the 19th ammendment

Answer 40

league of women voters

Question 41

short term results for women
-nwsa

Answer 41

attracted fewer than 10% of previous members