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Which best describes the main difference between the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA) and the American Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA)?

A
The NWSA divided its efforts between suffrage and abolition; the AWSA did not.
B
The NWSA believed that suffrage was inevitable; the AWSA believed actively working for suffrage.
C
The NWSA supported Catt’s “Winning Plan”; the AWSA did not.
D
The NWSA worked for a constitutional amendment granting suffrage; the AWSA fought for suffrage at the state level.
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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 statement best describes society's view on women and education in the early 1800s?

A
Society believed that women should be allowed to attend school through high school.
B
Society believed that women should attend college and earn degrees.
C
Society believed that women needed only the ability to read, write, and do simple math.
D
Society believed that women needed to learn a foreign language and have an understanding of world affairs.
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Which of the following is considered to be the first major event of the women's movement?

A
the 1840 World Anti-Slavery Convention
B
the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention
C
the Second Continental Congress
D
the Married Women’s Property Act
5

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
6

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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Starting in the1800s, members of the suffragist movement in the United States focused on women's right to

A
own property.
B
vote.
C
serve on a jury.
D
teach school.
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Which of the following best describes the causes women reformers and activists focused on before the suffragist movement?

A
the temperance movement only
B
temperance, abolition of slavery, and education for women and girls
C
women's right to vote
D
women's right to vote and abolition of slavery
9

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

A
Lucretia Mott.
B
Margaret Sanger.
C
Susan B. Anthony.
D
Emma Hart Willard.
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Which of the following shows the correct order of events?

A
Catt’s “Winning Plan,” suffrage in some Western states, the Nineteenth Amendment
B
suffrage in some Western states, the Nineteenth Amendment, Catt’s “Winning Plan”
C
suffrage in some Western states, Catt’s “Winning Plan,” the Nineteenth Amendment
D
Catt’s “Winning Plan,” the Nineteenth Amendment, suffrage in some Western states

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