Women's Suffrage
This means giving people the right to vote. What is it?
Voting Rights.
This woman helped people work together for women's right to vote.
Leaders/Suffragist.
People who wanted women to vote often met together to talk. What are these meetings called?
Conventions.
The place where people vote for leaders is called a what?
Polls.
The 19th Amendment helped change a rule so women could do what?
Vote.
Who was trying to win the right to vote for women?
Suffragist or Women.
Name one famous woman who worked for women's voting rights.
Susan B. Anthony or Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
Sometimes groups walked together, holding signs to ask for voting rights. What is this called?
Marches.
The action of choosing a leader is called a what?
Vote.
After the 19th Amendment passed, women got to do this in elections. What is it?
Vote in elections.
Name one place where people can go to vote.
Voting Polls or Town Hall.
This person gave speeches and helped plan events for women's voting rights.
Susan B. Anthony.
People wrote letters, gave speeches, and asked lawmakers to change rules. What are these actions called?
Working for a change.
A person who supports giving women the right to vote is called what?
Suffragist.
The 19th Amendment is one of many important rules for the country. What are these rules called?
Amendment to the Constitution.
Why did women want the right to vote?
To have a say.
Who helped write important papers and spoke at meetings to support women's voting?
Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
A long, important effort over many years helped women win the vote. What do we call a long effort to reach a goal?
A movement.
What is a short, important paper that proposes a new rule or law called?
Petition.
Say why the 19th Amendment is important in one short sentence.
It allowed women to vote.
Name one way people tried to persuade others to support women's suffrage.
Meeting/Speeches/Letters.
Tell one thing a leader like Susan B. Anthony did to help the movement.
Gave speeches, organized groups, and traveled to meet people.
Name one way children long ago might have learned about the movement.
At school, from their parents, and in stories.
What word means a rule made by the government?
A law.
Who gained more voice in choosing leaders because of the 19th Amendment?
Women.