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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. Who was the main organizer of the Seneca Falls Convention?
(a) Susan B. Anthony.
(b) Erin A. Sargent.
(c) Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
(d) Sally Jones.

2. 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 senator.
(d) A vice-president.

3. For what reason did men lining the suffrage parade route in Washington, D.C. begin "surging into the streets" (45)?
(a) To block the marchers.
(b) To carry the marchers along.
(c) To rip off the marchers' clothing.
(d) To provide the marchers with water and food.

4. What job was Royal Albert Leeman performing when he helped avoid a greater death toll than the Great Molasses Flood had already caused?
(a) Surgeon.
(b) Engineer.
(c) Auto mechanic.
(d) Brakeman.

5. In what city was the annual convention held by the National American Woman Suffrage Association the year Alice Paul attended?
(a) Charleston.
(b) Philadelphia.
(c) Macon.
(d) New York City.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many children were standing near the container, scraping molasses off the tank, at the time of the disaster?

2. How many feet high were the largest waves of molasses created during the Great Molasses Flood?

3. How many floats participated within Alice Paul's suffrage parade and march in 1913?

4. World War I began in July of which year?

5. What did the Washington, D.C. police do when "many of the marchers were grabbed, shoved, and knocked down" (46) during Alice Paul's suffrage parade?

(see the answer key)

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