USA HISTORY

RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877

WOMENS SUFFRAGE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which women’s suffrage organization also supported the fifteenth amendment, which allowed African American men to vote?
A
NWSA (National Woman Suffrage Association)
B
NAOWS (National Association Opposed to Women Suffrage)
C
AWSA (American Woman Suffrage Association)
D
NFA (National Flappers Association)
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The second national suffrage organization established in 1869 was the American Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA). Unlike the rival National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA), AWSA supported the Fifteenth Amendment that granted African American men the right to vote.

Detailed explanation-2: -National Suffrage Groups Established In 1869, Stanton and Anthony formed the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA) with their eyes on a federal constitutional amendment that would grant women the right to vote.

Detailed explanation-3: -The National American Woman Suffrage Association Anthony, and the American Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA), led by Lucy Stone, Henry Blackwell, and Julia Ward Howe. These opposing groups were organized in the late 1860s, partly as the result of a disagreement over strategy.

Detailed explanation-4: -Activists bitterly fought about whether to support or oppose the Fifteenth Amendment. Stanton and Susan B. Anthony objected to the new law. They wanted women to be included with black men.

Detailed explanation-5: -Suffragists Organize: National Woman Suffrage Association Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony founded the NWSA first. The pair believed that instead of supporting the Fifteenth Amendment as it was, women’s rights activists should fight for women to be included as well. They started the NWSA to lead this effort.

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