Life and Times
What is the crime Susan B. Anthony was arrested and fined $100 for?
Voting
What is the main idea from Susan B. Anthony's speech "On Women's Right to Vote?
Women are guaranteed the right to vote due to the wording of the U.S. Constitution
Why does Anthony use the term "alleged" in the first paragraph?
She disagrees that what she did was a crime
What is the word that means the right to vote?
Suffrage
Susan B. Anthony believes that all people are __________________
equal.
Susan B. Anthony not only fought for women's rights, but she was also an ________________
What is the tone of the speech?
Emphatic
What evidence does Anthony use to defend herself?
Her rights guaranteed as a citizen of the United States
Where does Anthony believe that women can have liberty?
The ballot
True or False: Women in the 1800s had lots of civil rights.
False
19th Amendment
"It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the Union", is an example of what rhetorical device?
Repetition
According to Anthony, how can women secure liberty?
By voting
An official statement accusing somebody of a crime is called what?
Alleged
This is one way that Susan B. Anthony is honored today:
Answers may vary
Cause of Susan B. Anthony's death.
Pneumonia and heart failure
When Anthony repeats the word "oligarchy", who is she referring to?
White men (with power)
Does Anthony believe that women's lack of a right to vote is the only problem with the American government?
No, she references other oppressed people
This word means "all future generations".
Posterity
Names of two people that inspired Anthony's activism work:
William Lloyd Garrison and Frederick Douglass
Susan B. Anthony was also involved in the temperance movement, which meant that she did not do this. What was it?
Drink alcohol
In paragraph 3, who does Susan B. Anthony mean when she repeats the word "we"?
ALL the people
Anthony repeats this word in paragraph 5 that means people born in the highest social class, who have special titles.
Aristocracy
Disagreement between people or within a group.
Dissension
True or False: Susan B. Anthony believed that all people deserve rights regardless of what the Constitution says.