Reading Comprehension: Women’s Suffrage in the United States

Question 1

What is a central idea of Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s speech “The Solitude of Self”?

Accepted Answer

Education prepares people for life, Every person is an individual

Question 2

What crime did Susan B. Anthony allegedly commit?

Accepted Answer

Casting an illegal vote

Question 3

True or False: Stanton uses a metaphor in this excerpt to illustrate the idea of independence.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 4

True or False: The 19th Amendment, ratified in 1920, granted women the right to vote.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 5

Which U.S. document does Susan B. Anthony cite in her speech “On Women’s Right to Vote”?

Accepted Answer

The Constitution

Question 6

What is the meaning of the word suffrage?

Accepted Answer

The right to vote

Question 7

Which city in New York hosted the 1848 Women’s Rights Convention?

Accepted Answer

Seneca Falls

Question 8

Which of the following were advocates for women’s suffrage?

Accepted Answer

Sojourner Truth, Frederick Douglass, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony

Question 9

This sentence develops Susan B. Anthony’s argument for women’s suffrage by building on _______.

Accepted Answer

The definition of a citizen as a person entitled to vote

Question 10

What other movement is often associated with the women’s suffrage movement?

Accepted Answer

Abolition, Temperance

Question 11

Which rhetorical device does Susan B. Anthony use in this excerpt?

Accepted Answer

Anaphora

Question 12

How does Susan B. Anthony introduce her speech “On Women’s Right to Vote”?

Accepted Answer

By calling attention to her recent arrest

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