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Women's Rights and Suffrage — Quiz

Question 7 • US History Studies Since 1877

The passage of the Fifteenth Amendment in 1869 prompted the formation of two major suffrage organizations because

Answer
A
it put a halt to Carrie Chapman Catt’s “Winning Plan” and set back the cause of women’s suffrage.
B
it granted formerly enslaved men the right to vote, while women were still denied this right.
C
it marked a great success for the abolition movement, which many feminists opposed.
D
it granted women the right to vote in Western states but not in Eastern states.

Explanation

The Fifteenth Amendment prohibited denying the vote based on race, extending voting rights to formerly enslaved men and other Black men. It did not grant women the right to vote, which led to disagreements within the suffrage movement and the formation of two major organizations. Thus, the correct choice is “it granted formerly enslaved men the right to vote, while women were still denied this right.”

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