Name________________________
Date___________________
Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton were American Civil Rights leaders who played
a crucial role in the women’s suffrage movement. Their campaign for women to win the right
to vote insured they would go down in the pages of American history. How well do you know
these two women that helped pave the way for the 19th Amendment to the United States
Constitution?
Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____ 1.
What did Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton fight for?
a. lower taxes
c. immigration laws
b. women’s rights
d. a higher minimum wage
____ 2.
Who was the founder of the Women’s Rights Movement?
a. Eleanor Roosevelt
c. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
b. Mary McLeod Bethune
d. Betsy Ross
____ 3.
Which famous abolitionist did Susan B. Anthony know and work with?
a. Frederick Douglass
c. Martin Luther King, jr.
b. Thurgood Marshall
d. Barack Obama
____ 4.
The first women’s rights convention in American was held in which location?
a. Boston, Massachusetts
c. Cheyenne, Wyoming
b. Seneca Falls, New York
d. Jamestown, Virginia
____ 5.
What happened to Elizabeth Cady Stanton at the world anti-slavery convention in
1840?
a. She was banned from participating
c. She sat next to the prime minister.
in the meeting.
b. She was nominated to be the speaker
d. She met her future husband.
for the next event.
____ 6.
Who was a daughter of slaves who took up suffrage and was befriended by Susan B.
Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton?
a. Sojourner Truth
c. Mary McLeod Bethune
b. Harriett Tubman
d. Coretta Scott King
____ 7.
In the late 1860s, after the Civil War, Susan B. Anthony
a. opposed the 14th Amendment
c. supported the 14th Amendment
because it did away with laws
because it allowed women to write
counting slaves as 3/5 of a person.
letters to their representatives.
th
b. supported the 14 Amendment
d. opposed the 14th Amendment
because it would give women
because it limited the right of
the right to vote.
voting to male citizens.
____ 8.
After Susan B. Anthony met Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Anthony
a. bought property.
c. became interested in equal rights.
b. became a teacher.
d. began giving speeches that Stanton
wrote.
____ 9.
In 1868, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton began publishing a newspaper
dedicated to improving the rights of women. What was the slogan on the front page of
each issue?
a. Failure is impossible.
c. Men, their rights, and nothing more.
b. A man of quality is not
Women, their rights, and nothing less.
threatened by a woman
d. Women are in chains, and they don’t
of equality.
even realize it.
____ 10.
What was the name of their weekly newspaper?
a. The Time
c. The Atlanta Journal
b. The Revolution
d. The North Star
____ 11.
In 1869, two major women’s suffragist organizations were founded and merged in 1890.
Which of these women became the first president of these merged organizations?
a. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
c. Alice Stone Blackwell
b. Florence Nightingale
d. Michelle Obama
____ 12.
In 1873, Susan B. Anthony went on trial, charged with
a. protesting in front of the White House.
c. founding an illegal organization.
b. voting in the 1872 presidential election.
d. preventing men from voting.
____ 13.
In 1913, which state became the first east of the Mississippi River to give women the
right to vote?
a. Massachusetts
c. New York
b. Virginia
d. Illinois
____ 14.
The 19th amendment to the Constitution of the United States was _________ in 1920.
a. amended
c. adopted
b. abolished
d. enfranchised
____ 15.
Where did Susan B. Anthony frequently go to urge the government to give women the
right to vote in national elections?
a. Rochester, New York
c. Washington, D.C.
b. Albany, New York
d. Yuma, Arizona
____ 16.
Ratification means
a. to catch a rat.
b. to make valid.
____ 17.
c. to vote.
d. to abolish.
In a famous speech, Susan B. Anthony said failure is
a. impossible.
c. among us.
b. part of life.
d. for men.
____ 18.
Susan B. Anthony is perhaps best remembered as the pioneer of rights for women. But
there were other areas of reform for which she also worked very hard. What were her
other causes?
a. She fought for social, civil, and
c. She fought for better working
religious conditions.
conditions for women, unions for
b. She fought for the abolition of
women, and against alcohol.
child labor.
D. She fought in the Civil War.
____ 19.
Why did Susan B. Anthony never enjoy the privilege afforded women by the 19th
Amendment?
a. She died in 1906.
C. Her husband forbid her to vote.
b. She moved to Europe in 1900.
D. She couldn’t make it to the polls on
time.
____ 20.
All of the following were leaders of the women’s suffragist movement except
a. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
c. Lucretia Mott
b. Susan B. Anthony
d. Martha Washington
____ 21.
How was Susan B. Anthony honored in 1978?
a. Her picture was placed on the
$1.00 bill.
b. Her picture was placed on the
$2.00 bill.
____ 22.
c. Her picture was placed on the
$1.00 coin.
d. Her picture was placed on the
penny.
Equal rights for all people was important to Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady
Stanton because
a. women had more responsibilities
c. they wanted to make more money
than men.
at their jobs.
b. they felt many people were being
d. men and women got equal pay for
treated unfairly.
equal work in the 1800s.
Use the timeline below to answer question number 23.
Women Win the Vote
1920
All the
United States
1890
Wyoming
1890
____ 23.
1900
1910
1920
How many years passed from the time Wyoming allowed women to vote to the time
That women in all states could vote?
a. 20 years
c. 30 years
b. 25 years
d. 35 years
Word Bank
Vocabulary Completion
Complete each sentence with the correct vocabulary word.
a. fine
b. voting
c. Historic
d. justice
e. teacher
f. rights
g. suffrage
____24.
Susan B. Anthony worked as a _____________________ for many years.
____ 25.
Until 100 years after Susan B. Anthony’s birth, women were prohibited from
______________.
____ 26.
Susan B. Anthony never paid the $100 ____________ she was told to pay for voting
illegally.
____ 27.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton called a convention to discuss women’s ______________.
____ 28.
The Women’s Rights National _______________ Park honors women’s rights for
suffrage.
____ 29.
______________ is the right to vote.
____ 30.
______________ means equal treatment under the law.
Bonus: Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton showed diligence and justice during the women’s
suffragist movement. If they asked you to help them write a speech supporting the right of women to
vote, would you do it? Why or why not? If so, what would you say to persuade others that women
deserved the right to vote?_______________________________________________________________
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Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton test
Answer Key:
1. B
2. C
3. A
4. B
5. A
6. A
7. D
8. D
9. C
10. B
11. A
12. B
13. D
14. C
15. C
16. B
17. A
18. C
19. A
20. D
21. C
22. B
23. C
24. E teacher
25. B voting
26. A fine
27. F rights
28. C Historic
29. G suffrage
30. D justice
Bonus: Answers will vary.