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Susan B. Anthony/Women’s Rights Test Study Guide
1. Who was Susan B. Anthony?
2. Susan B. Anthony’s father was an abolitionist who taught her to believe in fairness for all people. What does the word
abolitionist mean?
3. Which country was the first to give women the right to vote?
4. What law gave women the right to keep everything they owned when they got married?
5. Susan B. Anthony was arrested for breaking a law. What did she do that was illegal in 1872?
6. Who was the Arkansas governor’s wife who was photographed on the steps of the Capitol during a women’s rights protest?
7. Who led the women’s suffrage movement in Georgia?
8. In the United States, withholding certain rights from people based on their race or gender is considered unconstitutional. In this
sentence, the word unconstitutional means
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9. On the back of this sheet, complete the Compass Rose and answer the two questions that follow.
Be SURE TO STUDY your vocabulary words and their definitions:
1. abolitionist: a person who wants to end slavery
2. convention: a formal meeting where people discuss a specific topic
3. diligence: working hard for a long time
4. independent: being free to make your own decisions
5. justice: equal treatment under the law
6. legislature: the law-making part of government
7. organizer: a person who gets other people to work for a shared cause or goal
8. property: something someone owns (for example: land, home, car…)
9. Quakers: religious group that emphasizes equality for all people
10. register: put your name on an official list
11. slavery: cruel system in which someone legally owns or controls another person
12. suffrage: the right to vote