US History MCQs

US Women’s Suffrage MCQs with Answer

Which amendment to the United States Constitution granted women the right to vote?
A) 14th Amendment
B) 15th Amendment
C) 18th Amendment
D) 19th Amendment
Answer: D) 19th Amendment

The Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 marked the beginning of the formal:
A) Abolitionist movement
B) Civil rights movement
C) Women’s suffrage movement
D) Labor rights movement
Answer: C) Women’s suffrage movement

Who was a key organizer of the Seneca Falls Convention and co-authored the “Declaration of Sentiments”?
A) Susan B. Anthony
B) Elizabeth Cady Stanton
C) Sojourner Truth
D) Harriet Tubman
Answer: B) Elizabeth Cady Stanton

The 19th Amendment was ratified in what year, granting women the right to vote nationwide?
A) 1910
B) 1919
C) 1920
D) 1929
Answer: C) 1920

Which suffragist famously said, “Failure is impossible” while advocating for women’s right to vote?
A) Susan B. Anthony
B) Elizabeth Cady Stanton
C) Alice Paul
D) Lucy Stone
Answer: C) Alice Paul

Who co-founded the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA) along with Susan B. Anthony?
A) Elizabeth Cady Stanton
B) Lucretia Mott
C) Sojourner Truth
D) Lucy Stone
Answer: A) Elizabeth Cady Stanton

The National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) was formed by merging the NWSA and the:
A) American Women’s Suffrage Association (AWSA)
B) Women’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU)
C) National Organization for Women (NOW)
D) National Woman’s Party (NWP)
Answer: A) American Women’s Suffrage Association (AWSA)

Which suffragist founded the National Woman’s Party (NWP) and led the picketing of the White House for suffrage?
A) Susan B. Anthony
B) Elizabeth Cady Stanton
C) Alice Paul
D) Lucy Stone
Answer: C) Alice Paul

Who was an African American suffragist and women’s rights advocate known for her “Ain’t I a Woman?” speech?
A) Elizabeth Cady Stanton
B) Susan B. Anthony
C) Sojourner Truth
D) Lucy Stone
Answer: C) Sojourner Truth

Which suffragist founded the American Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA) and supported the 15th Amendment despite reservations?
A) Susan B. Anthony
B) Elizabeth Cady Stanton
C) Lucy Stone
D) Alice Paul
Answer: C) Lucy Stone

The “Declaration of Sentiments,” written during the Seneca Falls Convention, was modeled after which historical document?
A) Declaration of Independence
B) Emancipation Proclamation
C) Articles of Confederation
D) Bill of Rights
Answer: A) Declaration of Independence

The Women’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) advocated for women’s suffrage as a means to:
A) Promote racial equality
B) Improve labor conditions
C) Combat alcohol abuse
D) Secure educational opportunities
Answer: C) Combat alcohol abuse

Which suffragist co-founded the League of Women Voters to educate women about political issues and encourage voting?
A) Susan B. Anthony
B) Alice Paul
C) Mary Church Terrell
D) Carrie Chapman Catt
Answer: D) Carrie Chapman Catt

Which state was the first to grant women the right to vote in 1869, even before the 19th Amendment?
A) New York
B) California
C) Wyoming
D) Massachusetts
Answer: C) Wyoming

Who was a suffragist and labor activist known for her work on behalf of working-class women?
A) Alice Paul
B) Mary Church Terrell
C) Matilda Joslyn Gage
D) Carrie Chapman Catt
Answer: B) Mary Church Terrell

Who was a suffragist and civil rights activist known for her involvement in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)?
A) Mary Church Terrell
B) Ida B. Wells-Barnett
C) Alice Paul
D) Frances Willard
Answer: B) Ida B. Wells-Barnett

Who was a suffragist and social reformer, known for her work with the Women’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU)?
A) Ida B. Wells-Barnett
B) Frances Willard
C) Mary Church Terrell
D) Alice Paul
Answer: B) Frances Willard

Who was a suffragist and labor activist, known for her work to improve conditions for working women and labor laws?
A) Alice Paul
B) Mary Church Terrell
C) Frances Perkins
D) Frances Willard
Answer: C) Frances Perkins

Which suffragist was a lawyer and advocate for women’s rights, known for running for president twice as the candidate of the Equal Rights Party?
A) Elizabeth Cady Stanton
B) Susan B. Anthony
C) Belva Lockwood
D) Carrie Chapman Catt
Answer: C) Belva Lockwood

Who was a suffragist and civil rights leader, known for her involvement in the National Council of Negro Women and the YWCA?
A) Alice Paul
B) Mary Church Terrell
C) Fannie Lou Hamer
D) Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Answer: B) Mary Church Terrell

Who was a suffragist and labor activist, known for her work as the president of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union (ILGWU)?
A) Frances Perkins
B) Mary Church Terrell
C) Clara Lemlich
D) Alice Paul
Answer: C) Clara Lemlich

Who was a suffragist and labor leader, known for her work as an organizer in the Lawrence textile strike of 1912?
A) Clara Lemlich
B) Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
C) Frances Perkins
D) Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Answer: A) Clara Lemlich

Which suffragist was a Native American activist, educator, and artist, known for her efforts to promote education and cultural preservation among Indigenous people?
A) Zitkála-Šá
B) Mary Church Terrell
C) Betty Friedan
D) Gloria Steinem
Answer: A) Zitkála-Šá

Who was a suffragist and author, known for her book “The Feminine Mystique” which sparked the second wave of feminism?
A) Gloria Steinem
B) Elizabeth Cady Stanton
C) Mary Church Terrell
D) Alice Paul
Answer: B) Betty Friedan

Which suffragist was a key figure in the feminist movement and founded the Ms. Foundation for Women?
A) Mary Church Terrell
B) Betty Friedan
C) Alice Paul
D) Gloria Steinem
Answer: D) Gloria Steinem

Who was a suffragist and social reformer, known for her work in advocating for women’s rights and social equality?
A) Mary Church Terrell
B) Clara Lemlich
C) Frances Perkins
D) Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Answer: D) Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Which suffragist was a key figure in the suffrage movement and co-authored the influential book “The Second Sex”?
A) Simone de Beauvoir
B) Elizabeth Cady Stanton
C) Alice Paul
D) Gloria Steinem
Answer: A) Simone de Beauvoir

Who was a suffragist and civil rights activist, known for her leadership in the fight for reproductive rights and gender equality?
A) Gloria Steinem
B) Elizabeth Cady Stanton
C) Fannie Lou Hamer
D) Mary Church Terrell
Answer: A) Gloria Steinem

Which suffragist was a key leader in the suffrage movement and co-authored the book “The Feminine Mystique”?
A) Gloria Steinem
B) Betty Friedan
C) Alice Paul
D) Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Answer: B) Betty Friedan

Who was a suffragist and labor leader, known for her work as an organizer in the Lawrence textile strike of 1912?
A) Clara Lemlich
B) Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
C) Frances Perkins
D) Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Answer: A) Clara Lemlich

Which suffragist was a Native American activist, educator, and artist, known for her efforts to promote education and cultural preservation among Indigenous people?
A) Zitkála-Šá
B) Mary Church Terrell
C) Betty Friedan
D) Gloria Steinem
Answer: A) Zitkála-Šá

Who was a suffragist and author, known for her book “The Feminine Mystique” which sparked the second wave of feminism?
A) Gloria Steinem
B) Elizabeth Cady Stanton
C) Mary Church Terrell
D) Alice Paul
Answer: B) Betty Friedan

Which suffragist was a labor and women’s rights advocate, as well as the first woman to serve in the United States Cabinet?
A) Frances Willard
B) Mary Church Terrell
C) Frances Perkins
D) Alice Paul
Answer: C) Frances Perkins

Who was a suffragist and labor activist, known for her work to improve conditions for working women and labor laws?
A) Alice Paul
B) Mary Church Terrell
C) Frances Perkins
D) Frances Willard
Answer: C) Frances Perkins

Which suffragist was a lawyer and advocate for women’s rights, known for running for president twice as the candidate of the Equal Rights Party?
A) Elizabeth Cady Stanton
B) Susan B. Anthony
C) Belva Lockwood
D) Carrie Chapman Catt
Answer: C) Belva Lockwood

Who was a suffragist and civil rights leader, known for her involvement in the National Council of Negro Women and the YWCA?
A) Alice Paul
B) Mary Church Terrell
C) Fannie Lou Hamer
D) Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Answer: B) Mary Church Terrell

Who was a suffragist and labor activist, known for her work as the president of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union (ILGWU)?
A) Frances Perkins
B) Mary Church Terrell
C) Clara Lemlich
D) Alice Paul
Answer: C) Clara Lemlich

Who was a suffragist and labor leader, known for her work as an organizer in the Lawrence textile strike of 1912?
A) Clara Lemlich
B) Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
C) Frances Perkins
D) Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Answer: A) Clara Lemlich

Which suffragist was a Native American activist, educator, and artist, known for her efforts to promote education and cultural preservation among Indigenous people?
A) Zitkála-Šá
B) Mary Church Terrell
C) Betty Friedan
D) Gloria Steinem
Answer: A) Zitkála-Šá

Who was a suffragist and author, known for her book “The Feminine Mystique” which sparked the second wave of feminism?
A) Gloria Steinem
B) Elizabeth Cady Stanton
C) Mary Church Terrell
D) Alice Paul
Answer: B) Betty Friedan

Which suffragist was a labor and women’s rights advocate, as well as the first woman to serve in the United States Cabinet?
A) Frances Willard
B) Mary Church Terrell
C) Frances Perkins
D) Alice Paul
Answer: C) Frances Perkins

Who was a suffragist and labor activist, known for her work to improve conditions for working women and labor laws?
A) Alice Paul
B) Mary Church Terrell
C) Frances Perkins
D) Frances Willard
Answer: C) Frances Perkins

Which suffragist was a lawyer and advocate for women’s rights, known for running for president twice as the candidate of the Equal Rights Party?
A) Elizabeth Cady Stanton
B) Susan B. Anthony
C) Belva Lockwood
D) Carrie Chapman Catt
Answer: C) Belva Lockwood

Who was a suffragist and civil rights leader, known for her involvement in the National Council of Negro Women and the YWCA?
A) Alice Paul
B) Mary Church Terrell
C) Fannie Lou Hamer
D) Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Answer: B) Mary Church Terrell

Who was a suffragist and labor activist, known for her work as the president of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union (ILGWU)?
A) Frances Perkins
B) Mary Church Terrell
C) Clara Lemlich
D) Alice Paul
Answer: C) Clara Lemlich

Who was a suffragist and labor leader, known for her work as an organizer in the Lawrence textile strike of 1912?
A) Clara Lemlich
B) Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
C) Frances Perkins
D) Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Answer: A) Clara Lemlich

Which suffragist was a Native American activist, educator, and artist, known for her efforts to promote education and cultural preservation among Indigenous people?
A) Zitkála-Šá
B) Mary Church Terrell
C) Betty Friedan
D) Gloria Steinem
Answer: A) Zitkála-Šá

Who was a suffragist and author, known for her book “The Feminine Mystique” which sparked the second wave of feminism?
A) Gloria Steinem
B) Elizabeth Cady Stanton
C) Mary Church Terrell
D) Alice Paul
Answer: B) Betty Friedan

Which suffragist was a key figure in the feminist movement and founded the Ms. Foundation for Women?
A) Mary Church Terrell
B) Betty Friedan
C) Alice Paul
D) Gloria Steinem
Answer: D) Gloria Steinem

Who was a suffragist and social reformer, known for her work in advocating for women’s rights and social equality?
A) Mary Church Terrell
B) Clara Lemlich
C) Frances Perkins
D) Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Answer: D) Charlotte Perkins Gilman

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