Women’s Suffrage: 19th Amendment Dates and History Quiz

Ten documented questions on suffrage milestones, the 19th Amendment’s text, ratification and voting-rights barriers.

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QUESTION 01Which amendment prohibits denying voting rights on account of sex?

The Nineteenth AmendmentThe First AmendmentThe Twenty-Second AmendmentThe Twelfth Amendment

QUESTION 02In what year did the Seneca Falls women’s rights convention occur?

1919184819201776

QUESTION 03What major suffrage demonstration took place in Washington, DC, on March 3, 1913?

A presidential electionThe amendment’s certificationThe Woman Suffrage ProcessionA Supreme Court hearing

QUESTION 04Which pair of organizers was closely linked to planning the 1913 procession?

Elizabeth I and VictoriaGrace Hopper and Rachel CarsonAmelia Earhart and Bessie SmithAlice Paul and Lucy Burns

QUESTION 05On what date did Congress approve the proposed Nineteenth Amendment?

June 4, 1919August 18, 1920August 26, 1920July 4, 1776

QUESTION 06Which state supplied the pivotal thirty-sixth ratification in August 1920?

WyomingTennesseeCaliforniaVirginia

QUESTION 07What proportion of U.S. states must ratify a proposed constitutional amendment?

Half the statesEvery stateThree-fourths of the statesOne-third of the states

QUESTION 08When did Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby certify the Nineteenth Amendment?

March 3, 1913June 4, 1919August 18, 1920August 26, 1920

QUESTION 09What additional power does the Nineteenth Amendment explicitly give Congress?

Power to enforce the article by appropriate legislationPower to select every state governorPower to appoint local election judges directlyPower to eliminate all state elections

QUESTION 10Which statement best describes voting access immediately after 1920?

All discrimination instantly disappearedSome women still faced discriminatory barriers despite ratificationOnly women could vote in federal electionsNo state had permitted women to vote before 1920

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