Explaining Relationships Between People and Events
Question 5 • FL-1009370-Writing for College Success
Read the excerpt from "Women’s Right to Vote.”The campaign for woman suffrage was long, difficult, and sometimes dramatic; yet ratification did not ensure full enfranchisement. Decades of struggle to include African Americans and other minority women in the promise of voting rights remained. Many women remained unable to vote long into the 20th century because of discriminatory state voting laws.
Answer
A
Voting laws created at the state level caused the promise of voting rights to remain for all women.
B
Voting laws in the states caused the campaign for woman suffrage to be long, difficult, and dramatic.
C
Despite the 19th Amendment granting women’s voting rights, women of diverse backgrounds were unable to vote due to state laws.
D
The ratification of the 19th Amendment allowed women across the country to vote, regardless of individual state voting laws.
Explanation
The excerpt says that ratification did not ensure full voting rights for all women, because discriminatory state laws continued to prevent many from voting. Choice C captures this contrast: the 19th Amendment granted women voting rights, but state laws still kept women of diverse backgrounds from voting. Choice D is incorrect because the excerpt says state laws continued to restrict voting.
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