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PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973

THE WOMENS MOVEMENT

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The abolitionist ____ agreed with Stanton’s demand for women right to vote. He argued powerfully for women’s right to vote.
A
William Lloyd Garrison
B
Elijah Lovejoy
C
Frederick Douglass
D
Henry David Thoreau
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The leaders of this campaign-women like Susan B. Anthony, Alice Paul, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucy Stone and Ida B. Wells-did not always agree with one another, but each was committed to the enfranchisement of all American women.

Detailed explanation-2: -Frederick Douglass was an abolitionist leader and writer who focused on voting rights.

Detailed explanation-3: -Frederick Douglass worked tirelessly to make sure that emancipation would be one of the war’s outcomes. He recruited African-American men to fight in the U.S. Army, including two of his own sons, who served in the famous 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry.

Detailed explanation-4: -Two great early 19th-century social movements sought to end slavery and secure equal rights for women. Gerrit Smith and Susan B. Anthony helped shape these two movements.

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