LIFE IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA 1807 1861
REFORM MOVEMENTS OF THE 19TH CENTURY
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Nothing
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She was arrested and fined 100 dollars
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She ran away
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She was allowed to vote
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Detailed explanation-1: -Susan B. Anthony was found guilty of violating the Enforcement Act of 1870 and New York law by illegally voting, and fined $100. The right to a jury trial exists only when there is a disputed fact, not when there is an issue of law.
Detailed explanation-2: -Susan B. Anthony devoted more than fifty years of her life to the cause of woman suffrage. After casting her ballot in the 1872 Presidential election in her hometown of Rochester, New York, she was arrested, indicted, tried, and convicted for voting illegally.
Detailed explanation-3: -In U.S. v. Susan B. Anthony, she argued like many woman suffragists did, that the 14th Amendment gave her the right to vote as a citizen of the United States. Anthony lost her case and was found guilty and fined $100, which she never paid.