This topic contains a solution. Click here to go to the answer
« previous next »

Author Question: What women's rights activist first persuaded a U. S. California senator to introduce a ... (Read 44 times)

Chloeellawright

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 588
on: Sep 3, 2018
What women's rights activist first persuaded a U. S. California senator to introduce a constitutional amendment calling for the right of women to vote?
 
  A) Elizabeth Blackwell
  B) Betty Friedan
  C) Carrie Nation
  D) Susan B. Anthony
  E) Eleanor Roosevelt

Question 2

Why did the women's suffrage movement aim at a constitutional amendment?
 
  A) State legislatures consistently opposed efforts to grant the right to vote to women.
  B) The Supreme Court ruled against efforts to apply the Fourteenth Amendment to women.
  C) Ordinary legislation that Congress had passed had proved ineffective.
  D) The experience of African Americans showed that only a constitutional amendment could quickly and effectively guarantee the right to vote.
  E) An amendment was perceived as the easiest path to equal rights.


Related Topics

Need homework help now?

Ask unlimited questions for free

Ask a Question
Marked as best answer by a Subject Expert

xMRAZ

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 363
Reply #1 on: Sep 3, 2018
Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

B


Chloeellawright

  • Member
  • Posts: 588
Reply 2 on: Sep 3, 2018
Gracias!

TheDev123

  • Member
  • Posts: 332
Reply 3 on: Yesterday
:D TYSM

« previous next »
 

Did you know?

The average older adult in the United States takes five prescription drugs per day. Half of these drugs contain a sedative. Alcohol should therefore be avoided by most senior citizens because of the dangerous interactions between alcohol and sedatives.

Did you know?

The use of salicylates dates back 2,500 years to Hippocrates's recommendation of willow bark (from which a salicylate is derived) as an aid to the pains of childbirth. However, overdosage of salicylates can harm body fluids, electrolytes, the CNS, the GI tract, the ears, the lungs, the blood, the liver, and the kidneys and cause coma or death.

Did you know?

The liver is the only organ that has the ability to regenerate itself after certain types of damage. As much as 25% of the liver can be removed, and it will still regenerate back to its original shape and size. However, the liver cannot regenerate after severe damage caused by alcohol.

Did you know?

Many medications that are used to treat infertility are injected subcutaneously. This is easy to do using the anterior abdomen as the site of injection but avoiding the area directly around the belly button.

Did you know?

The most common treatment options for addiction include psychotherapy, support groups, and individual counseling.

Food web associated with algal turf during the summer in the Eel River, California. Food web associated with algal turf during the summer in the Eel River, California.
The greatest bone mass is found around age 30 for both men and women, with the later decline being f The greatest bone mass is found around age 30 for both men and women, with the later decline being f
In 1839 Mary Cragin, at the age of twenty-nine, became a convert to John Humphrey Noyes’s “communism In 1839 Mary Cragin, at the age of twenty-nine, became a convert to John Humphrey Noyes’s “communism
A strike by 800 women shoemakers in Lynn, Massachusetts, in 1860. In 1851 a Lynn shoemaker had adapt A strike by 800 women shoemakers in Lynn, Massachusetts, in 1860. In 1851 a Lynn shoemaker had adapt
The Status of Women The Status of Women
Challenges for Women Challenges for Women
Video: EpiPen Animation (Part 2)

For a complete list of videos, visit our video library