USA HISTORY

RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877

WOMENS SUFFRAGE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Read this line:“Woman suffrage is coming-you know it. Will you, Honorable Senators and Members of the House of Representatives, help or hinder it?” Who is Carrie Chapman Catt speaking to?
A
Congress
B
The President
C
China
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In the adjustment of the new order of things, we women demand an equal voice; we shall accept nothing less. There are whole precincts of voters in this country whose united intelligence does not equal that of one representative American woman.

Detailed explanation-2: -Men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less.” “While most girls run away from home to marry, I ran away to teach.” “I know nothing of man’s rights, or woman’s rights; human rights are all that I recognize.” “There will never be a new world order until women are a part of it.”

Detailed explanation-3: -Catt’s purpose is to convince Congress that it is time for woman suffrage. She adopts a confident tone, uses direct quotations, and appeals to logos in order to convince Congress that it is time for woman suffrage. A confident tone is adopted by Catt throughout her entire speech to congress.

Detailed explanation-4: -Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton form the National Woman Suffrage Association. The primary goal of the organization is to achieve voting rights for women by means of a Congressional amendment to the Constitution.

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