Vocabulary
Who was Susan B Anthony?
a leader in the suffragist movment
The 19th amendment gave _______ the right to vote
Women
What is the constitution?
Supreme law of the land
Which amendment gave women the right to vote?
19th
________ were the laws that segregated blacks from whites.
Jim Crow Laws
What was the main argument that suffragists used to convince others that women should get the right to vote?
Women are citizens
The Bill of Rights originally included legal protection for _____________
Land owning white men
What was the purpose of the Voting Rights Act?
to get rid of voting restrictions
Define Suffrage
the right to vote in political elections.
Fredrick Douglass and Susan B Anthony were both _____________
Abolitionists
The document that lists the rights of the citizens of the United States is called
The Bill of Rights
What year was the 19th amendment passed?
1920
Define and explain the Jim Crow Laws
Jim Crow laws were state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States.
It segregated blacks from whites in almost all aspects of their lives.
Other than Susan B Anthony, name 2 other suffragist leaders.
Lucretia Mott
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Catherine Catt
Alice Paul
What document sets the rules for our country?
The Constitution
Susan B Anthony voted in the ________ presidential election.
1872, 22nd presidential election
Why did suffragists think voting was important?
It would increase the amount of educated voters and allow their voices to be heard so they can live in a country where they are represented.
Is it ever okay to break the law? Why did Susan B and other people like Alice Paul or Chloe in the Hope Chest have to break the law? What was the effect?
Answers will vary. But sometimes it is necessary to break the law when laws are unfair as long as you are not hurting yourself or others.
What is one of the most important rights Americans have? Why is it so important.
Being able to vote and speak for yourself and to be represented in the country you live in.
Why did some states requite literacy tests and poll taxes before people could vote?
That was the way states could not let blacks vote in elections because they didn't get the same education so they couldn't complete the literacy test (which were already difficult) and they often didn't have money to afford a poll tax.