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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: Women Get the Vote.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which type of official first presented Congress "with a constitutional amendment granting women the right to vote" (36) in 1878?
(a) A secretary of state.
(b) An attorney general.
(c) A vice-president.
(d) A senator.

2. Sandler states that in the early twentieth century, a woman was unable to legally object if her husband decided to take what action?
(a) Have her sterilized.
(b) Give up their children for adoption.
(c) Commit her to a mental institution.
(d) Take a mistress.

3. How old was Alice Paul when she attended the annual convention held by the National American Woman Suffrage Association?
(a) 28.
(b) 17.
(c) 22.
(d) 34.

4. In what year was the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA) created, with Susan B. "Anthony as its main driving force" (37)?
(a) 1908.
(b) 1902.
(c) 1869.
(d) 1881.

5. How many of the children standing near the container at the time of the disaster survived the event?
(a) 7.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 0.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of metal was used to build the molasses container?

2. In what year was the molasses container originally built?

3. Which member of the Clougherty family reportedly rode his bed along the speeding river of molasses?

4. During World War I, molasses and what substance were mixed with ammonium nitrate in order to make explosives?

5. How many people participated in the march for women's suffrage in Washington, D.C. in 1913?

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