womens rights and campaigns up to ww1

Question 1

What amendment granted women the right to vote in the United States?

Answer 1

19th Amendment

Came into effect in 1920.

Question 2

What organization became a major national force for temperance in 1874?

Answer 2

Women’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU)

Gained 800,000 members by 1920.

Question 3

Who was the powerful leader of the WCTU?

Answer 3

Frances Willard

Question 4

What significant political impact did the WCTU have?

Answer 4

Lobbying state legislatures to ban alcohol sales

Question 5

What organization did Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton form in 1869?

Answer 5

National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA)

Question 6

What rival organization focused on getting women to vote in state legislatures?

Answer 6

American Woman Suffrage Association

Question 7

What did the NWSA and the American Woman Suffrage Association merge to form in 1890?

Answer 7

National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA)

Question 8

What did the Supreme Court confirm in 1875 regarding women’s voting?

Answer 8

Women could not run for Congress, but local states could allow voting

Question 9

Which states were early pioneers of women’s suffrage?

Answer 9

Wyoming (1869) and Utah (1870)

Question 10

What qualifications did some states impose on women voters?

Answer 10

Married women with school-age children

Question 11

What was a major turning point in the women’s suffrage movement related to World War I?

Answer 11

USA entry into the war in 1917

Question 12

Who founded the Congressional Union, which became the National Women’s Party?

Answer 12

Alice Paul and Lucy Stone

Question 13

What was the purpose of the special women’s committee of the Council of National Defence?

Answer 13

Support women working for the war effort

Question 14

Who was the leader of the NWSA that campaigned for women’s voting rights?

Answer 14

Carrie Chapman Catt

Question 15

What year did Congress pass the 19th Amendment?

Answer 15

1919

Question 16

What were some short-term disappointments after the ratification of the 19th Amendment?

Answer 16

• Women had to gain influence in political parties
• Women’s movements were divided on voting strategy
• Low voter turnout in 1920 elections
• League of Women Voters attracted fewer than 10% of former members

Question 17

Fill in the blank: The 19th Amendment was ratified in _______.

Answer 17

1920

Question 18

True or False: The WCTU focused solely on women’s suffrage.

Answer 18

False

The WCTU focused on temperance and prohibition.