USA HISTORY

RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877

WOMENS SUFFRAGE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Susan B. Anthony was an abolonist. What is an abolonist?
A
someone who wants everyone to have the right to vote.
B
someone who wants slavery to end.
C
someone who wants to be free
D
someone who wants to be a president
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Anthony helped fugitive slaves escape and held an anti-slavery rally. She and Stanton gathered signatures to pass the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution formally abolishing slavery.

Detailed explanation-2: -In 1856, Susan B. Anthony served as an American Anti-Slavery Society agent, arranging meetings, making speeches, putting up posters and distributing leaflets. When Susan B. Anthony encountered hostile mobs, armed threats, and had things thrown at her, she did not quit.

Detailed explanation-3: -Champion of temperance, abolition, the rights of labor, and equal pay for equal work, Susan Brownell Anthony became one of the most visible leaders of the women’s suffrage movement. Along with Elizabeth Cady Stanton, she traveled around the country delivering speeches in favor of women’s suffrage.

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