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Suffrage Mini Quiz

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Question 1

Which 1920 constitutional amendment granted U.S. women the right to vote?

Congress passed the Nineteenth Amendment in 1919, and enough states ratified it by August 1920, with Tennessee as the deciding state.

Question 2

Who led the radical suffrage wing that campaigned for a U.S. constitutional amendment, including hunger strikes?

Alice Paul founded the National Woman's Party in 1916 and endured forced feedings after protesting outside the White House.

Question 3

Which leader was arrested for casting a vote illegally in the 1872 presidential election?

Convicted and fined $100, Anthony never paid the fine; she was posthumously pardoned in 2020.

Question 4

Which country's women were the first in the world to vote in national elections, doing so in 1893?

Suffragist Kate Sheppard, who appears on the New Zealand ten-dollar note, organized the victorious 1893 campaign.