Important terms
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Vocabulary
100
What is suffrage?
The right to vote.
100
How were women treated in the colonies? Give an example.
They were not treated equal to men. Ex: women could not own property or children, women were required to wear uncomfortable clothing, women could not go to school
100
In what year did all women in the United States get the right to vote?
1920
100

a gathering of people for a purpose

convention

200
What does abolitionist mean?
A person who was against slavery.
200
What happened in the year 1906?

Susan B. Anthony died. 

200

The judge ordered Susan B. Anthony to pay a large fine. How much was the fine?

$100

200

rights given by God that man cannot take away

unalienable rights

300
What was the 15th amendment and why was it significant in the women's suffrage movement?
The 15th amendment gave all men the right to vote. It was important because it divided the women's suffrage movement.
300

What happened on Election Day in 1872?

Anthony and fifteen other women illegally voted. 

300
What was the 13th amendment and what caused its creation?
The 13th amendment made slavery illegal in the United States. It was created after the Civil War.
300

to get rid of something

abolish

400
What was the 19th amendment and why was it important?
It gave women the right to vote.
400
Where did Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott meet?
The World Anti-Slavery Convention (1840)
400
Name one supporter and one opposer of the 15th amendment.
Supporters: Lucy Stone, Henry Blackwell, Frederick Douglass, Wendel Phillips Opposers: Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Sojourner Truth
400

a person who is well-known or famous

public figure

500
What was one thing stated in the Declaration of Sentiments?
It stated the purpose of the Seneca Falls Convention, it held a list of the wrong doings by men to women and it requested equal treatment of men and women under the law and voting rights for women.
500
What was the Seneca Falls Convention?
A convention planned by Lucretia and Elizabeth to discuss women's rights and how to achieve women's suffrage.
500
What was the name of the group formed when both sides of suffragists came together?
The National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA)
500

the freedoms and legal protections guaranteed to all citizens

equal rights

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