RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
WOMENS SUFFRAGE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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There was longstanding prejudice against people from upstate New York
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Women traditionally weren’t used to having the same rights as men
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The participants’ ideas were too complicated for most to understand
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Very few people actually showed up at the conference
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Detailed explanation-1: -Anti-suffragists argued that most women did not want the vote. Because they took care of the home and children, they said women did not have time to vote or stay updated on politics. Some argued women lacked the expertise or mental capacity to offer a useful opinion about political issues.
Detailed explanation-2: -Anti-suffragism was a political movement composed of both men and women that began in the late 19th century in order to campaign against women’s suffrage in countries such as Australia, Canada, Ireland, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.
Detailed explanation-4: -Women had to submit to laws when they had no voice in their formation. Married women had no property rights. Husbands had legal power over and responsibility for their wives to the extent that they could imprison or beat them with impunity. Divorce and child custody laws favored men, giving no rights to women.