The Women’s Rights Movement MCQs USA January 8, 2026August 15, 2024 by u930973931_answers 15 min Score: 0 Attempted: 0/15 Subscribe 1. Who is considered a leading figure in the early women’s rights movement and organized the Seneca Falls Convention? (A) Elizabeth Cady Stanton (B) Susan B. Anthony (C) Sojourner Truth (D) Alice Paul 2. What was the primary purpose of the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848? (A) To advocate for women's suffrage (B) To address economic inequality (C) To promote educational reform (D) To support abolitionist causes 3. Which document, presented at the Seneca Falls Convention, outlined the demands of the women’s rights movement? (A) The Bill of Rights (B) The Declaration of Sentiments (C) The Equal Rights Amendment (D) The Declaration of Independence 4. Who was the prominent suffragist and activist known for her work with the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA)? (A) Susan B. Anthony (B) Lucy Stone (C) Jane Addams (D) Carrie Chapman Catt 5. Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted women the right to vote? (A) 15th Amendment (B) 26th Amendment (C) 24th Amendment (D) 19th Amendment 6. What year was the 19th Amendment ratified? (A) 1919 (B) 1921 (C) 1920 (D) 1930 7. Who was a key figure in the fight for women’s suffrage and the founder of the National Woman’s Party? (A) Ida B. Wells (B) Elizabeth Cady Stanton (C) Alice Paul (D) Sojourner Truth 8. Which organization was founded in 1890 to fight for women’s suffrage and became a major force in the movement? (A) National Woman's Party (B) National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) (C) Women’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) (D) League of Women Voters 9. What was the primary focus of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) during the late 19th and early 20th centuries? (A) Women’s suffrage (B) Prohibition of alcohol (C) Educational reform (D) Labor rights 10. Which suffragist and reformer was known for her advocacy of women’s education and was one of the first women to graduate from Oberlin College? (A) Jane Addams (B) Elizabeth Cady Stanton (C) Sojourner Truth (D) Lucy Stone 11. Which landmark Supreme Court case in 1973 established a woman’s right to choose to have an abortion? (A) Obergefell v. Hodges (B) Brown v. Board of Education (C) Griswold v. Connecticut (D) Roe v. Wade 12. What year was the Equal Pay Act signed into law? (A) 1965 (B) 1963 (C) 1968 (D) 1972 13. Which Act, passed in 1964, aimed to end employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin? (A) Title IX of the Education Amendments (B) Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972 (C) Fair Labor Standards Act (D) Civil Rights Act of 1964 14. What was the main objective of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972? (A) To ensure equal pay for equal work (B) To prevent gender discrimination in educational programs and activities (C) To provide federal funding for women’s sports (D) To promote women's involvement in political leadership 15. Which 1981 Supreme Court case upheld the legality of private-sector pregnancy discrimination? (A) United States v. Virginia (B) General Electric Co. v. Gilbert (C) Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson (D) Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.