The Trial of 1872
Childhood
Is it a crime for a U.S. citizen to vote?
100

Anthony’s decision to vote led to this legal consequence, which she used as a strategic platform to gain national publicity for women's suffrage.

What was her arrest

100

Growing up in this religious community, Susan B. Anthony was raised with the core belief that all people are equal under God

Quaker faith

100

The amendment used to argue the right to vote

14th amendment

200

After her conviction, Anthony famously refused to pay this amount, calling the trial "the greatest judicial outrage history has ever recorded

What was $100

200

This social justice movement, which Anthony’s family actively supported during her childhood, first inspired her to fight for human rights and emancipation

The abolitionist movement

200

No form of ______ has the right to obstruct the voting process

Government
300

By voting and then going on trial, Anthony changed perspectives by proving that this "living document" could be interpreted to include women's rights

U.S. Constitution

300

When her teacher refused to teach her this advanced math skill because she was a girl, her father pulled her out of school and started his own school.

What is long division?

300

Government documents and speeches show that the  [_ _ _  _ _ _ _ _  _ _  _ _ _ _] is a given right to all Natural born citizens.

The right to vote

400

Although her 1872 vote did not lead to immediate change, it is credited with laying the groundwork for this amendment ratified in 1920

19th Amendment

400

As a teenager, Susan B. Anthony’s first act of organized activism was gathering petitions to protest this specific institution

slavery

400

Many people and government officials believed that all people had ___________ but were not able to stand up. 

The right to vote

500

Before her trial, Anthony delivered speeches in 50 different districts of this state to educate potential jurors and the public about the "crime" of voting

New York

500

Anthony’s upbringing in a family of activists gave her a platform to meet famous reformers like Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison, who were friends of this family member.

her father

500

What right is a natural given right that was created by the founding fathers? *This relates to the presentation!*

The right to vote.