Historyquiz

National Women’s History Project Equality Day Quiz*

1. August 26th is celebrated as Women’s Equality Day to commemorate:
   a. the work women did during W.W. II.
   b. the anniversary of women winning the right to vote.
   c. the flappers of the 1920’s.
   d. the contemporary women’s rights movement

2. In what year did Congresswoman Bella Abzug introduce legislation to insure that this important American anniversary would be celebrated?
   a. 1992 b. 1984 c. 1971 d. 1965

3. In what year did women in the U.S. win the right to vote?
   a. 1776 b. 1848 c. 1920 d. 1946

4. How many years did it take for women to win the right to vote in the U.S.?
a. 72 b. 120 c. 20 d. 51

5. women in most of the Western states won the right to vote years before the federal amendment was secured. This year (2003) is the 90th anniversary of women in Kansas and Oregon winning the vote. What other state is celebrating the 90th anniversary of women winning the right to vote in their state?
   a. New York b. Florida c. Maine d. Arizona

6. What was the name given to the 19th amendment to the constitution which guaranteed women’s right to vote in the U.S.?
   a. Abigail Adams Amendment
   b. Sojourner Truth Amendment
   c. Susan b. Anthony Amendment
   d. Gloria Steinem Amendment

7. Women who worked for women’s right to vote were called
   a. radical
   b. immoral
   c. suffragist.
   d. all of the above

8. The term suffragist is derived from:
a. one who suffers
   b. avoting tablet in ancient times
   c. the Constitution
   d. the Bill of Rights

9. How many other countries had already guaranteed women’s right to vote before the campaign was won in the U.S.?
   a. 6 b. 2 c. 1 d. 16

10. What was the first country that granted women the right to vote?
   a. Canada b. Germany c. New Zealand d. United Kingdom

* from the Star Banner, Ocala, Florida, August 26, 2003

Answers: 1. b 2. c 3. c 4. a 5. d 6. c 7. d 8. b 9. d 10. c

(New Zealand 1893, Australia 1902, Finland 1906, Norway 1913 , Denmark 1916, U.S.S.R 1917, Canada 1918, Germany 1918, Poland 1918, Austria 1919, Belguim1919, great Britain 1919, Ireland 1919, Luxembourg 1919, the Netherlands 1919, Sweden 1919)

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