RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
WOMENS SUFFRAGE
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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They shot tear gas into the crowd
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They arrested the women
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They sympathized and fed the women
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Traditional lobbying and petitioning were a mainstay of NWP members, but these activities were supplemented by other more public actions–including parades, pageants, street speaking, and demonstrations.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Silent Sentinels, also known as the Sentinels of Liberty, were a group of over 2, 000 women in favor of women’s suffrage organized by Alice Paul and the National Woman’s Party, who protested in front of the White House during Woodrow Wilson’s presidency starting on January 10, 1917.
Detailed explanation-3: -(Courtesy of Library of Congress) Enlarge Image The sentinels were a faction within the National Woman’s Party who picketed the White House for two and a half years from January 1917 to June 1919 to visibly advocate for woman suffrage.
Detailed explanation-4: -Ten suffragists were arrested for picketing in front of the White House for the right to vote on Aug. 28, 1917. It would take another three years before they achieved their goal. Suffragists picketing the White House.