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Question 2 • US History Studies Since 1877

Which best describes Carrie Chapman Catt’s “Winning Plan” to achieve national women's suffrage?

Answer

to demand a constitutional amendment instead of campaigning for suffrage in individual states

to win women’s suffrage in as many states as possible while campaigning Congress to pass a constitutional amendment

to campaign strongly for women’s suffrage on the state level instead of lobbying Congress to pass a constitutional amendment

to amend the US Constitution to grant women suffrage and then establish it in individual states

Explanation

Carrie Chapman Catt’s “Winning Plan” combined two strategies: winning women’s suffrage state by state and pressing Congress to pass a federal constitutional amendment. This approach aimed to build support and secure voting rights through both routes. Choice D describes that combination.

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