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Women's Rights and Suffrage Answers

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The woman who opened the first birth-control clinic in the United States was

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Lucretia Mott.
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Margaret Sanger.
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Susan B. Anthony.
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Emma Hart Willard.
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Which of the following did the five reformers who organized the Seneca Falls Convention have in common?

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They came from states where women had gained suffrage.
B
They had gained political support by being jurors on important cases.
C
They were experienced at effectively organizing women’s rights conventions.
D
They were active in the abolition movement.
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In the early 1800s, society considered temperance to be an acceptable cause for female reformers because this issue related to

A
equality between men and women.
B
community welfare and family.
C
a woman's ability to provide for her family.
D
access to education.
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton is most noted for

A
forming the Women’s Christian Temperance Union.
B
founding the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union.
C
helping draft the Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments.
D
working as a nurse during World War I.
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Margaret Sanger’s appeal of her 1916 arrest resulted in the

A
legalization of doctors prescribing contraceptives and discussing family planning with patients.
B
creation of “Comstock Laws” on a state and federal level.
C
opening of her first birth control clinic in Brooklyn, New York.
D
publication of The Woman Rebel, a women’s health newsletter.
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Which of the following marked the achievement of a long-held suffragist goal in the early 1900s?

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the Declaration of Sentiments
t
the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution
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Catt’s “Winning Plan”
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the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution
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Read the quotation by Abigail Adams.“[I]n the new Code of Laws…Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors...If [particular] care and attention is not paid to the [Ladies] we are determined to foment a [Rebellion], and will not hold ourselves bound by any Laws in which we have no voice, or Representation.”Which of the following best describes Abigail Adams' view on the role of women in society?

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Adams understood the necessity of a double standard between men and women.
B
Adams believed that women had traditionally been denied a voice in society’s affairs, and that this should change.
C
Adams was pleased with the traditional situation of women, and she wanted it to continue in the new nation.
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Adams believed that women had traditionally been denied a voice in society’s affairs, and she planned to start a suffrage group.
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What government action prompted the organization of two women’s suffrage groups in 1869?

A
the arrest of Margaret Sanger
B
the announcement of Catt’s “Winning Plan”
C
the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment
D
the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment
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Which statement best describes Margaret Sanger?

A
She advocated for women's right to own property and campaigned for the Married Woman's Property Act.
B
She advocated for women's right to vote and founded the National Women Suffrage Association.
C
She advocated for women's access to education and opened one of the first all-female universities.
D
She advocated for women's health and helped educate women about birth control and family planning.
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Which of the following did Ukrainian immigrant Clara Lemlich accomplish in 1909?

A
suffrage for women in the state of New York
B
the founding of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers Union
C
the publication of the magazine The Woman Rebel
D
better working conditions for female garment workers in New York City

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