Women's Suffrage: Seneca Falls to 1920 — 10 Questions

Test the convention, activists, decisive ratification and what the 19th Amendment did—and did not—guarantee.

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QUESTION 01In which New York town was the 1848 women's rights convention held?

Seneca FallsAlbanySaratoga SpringsIthaca

QUESTION 02What document did the 1848 convention adopt?

Bill of RightsDeclaration of SentimentsEmancipation ProclamationArticles of Confederation

QUESTION 03Which abolitionist and newspaper editor spoke at the Seneca Falls convention?

Abraham LincolnBooker T. WashingtonFrederick DouglassW. E. B. Du Bois

QUESTION 04In what year did the first Seneca Falls women's rights convention occur?

1776186519201848

QUESTION 05Which state gave the 19th Amendment its decisive 36th ratification?

TennesseeWyomingNew YorkMassachusetts

QUESTION 06On which date was the 19th Amendment formally certified?

July 4, 1776August 26, 1920August 18, 1919May 21, 1920

QUESTION 07Who was closely associated with the National Woman's Party and White House picketing?

Betsy RossClara BartonAlice PaulRachel Carson

QUESTION 08What did the 19th Amendment specifically prohibit as a reason to deny voting rights?

Age under 18Lack of property ownershipFailure to pass a driving testSex

QUESTION 09In which year did Congress approve the proposed 19th Amendment?

1919184819011965

QUESTION 10Why is it misleading to say every American woman could freely vote in 1920?

The amendment applied only to senatorsOther discriminatory barriers continuedNo states had ratified the amendmentThe Constitution prohibited elections

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