USA HISTORY

RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877

WOMENS SUFFRAGE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Those opposed to women suffrage believed that women were childlike and incapable of independent thought.
A
TRUE
B
FALSE
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -The women’s suffrage movement fought for the right of women by law to vote in national or local elections.

Detailed explanation-3: -Suffragists. Those involved in the first wave of the campaign for women’s votes are known as suffragists. Suffragists believed in peaceful, constitutional campaign methods. In the early 20th century, after the suffragists failed to make significant progress, a new generation of activists emerged.

Detailed explanation-4: -Women’s suffrage is the right of women to vote in elections. Beginning in the start of the 18th century, some people sought to change voting laws to allow women to vote. Liberal political parties would go on to grant women the right to vote, increasing the number of those parties’ potential constituencies.

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