Women
Suffragists
Carrie Chapman Catt
Background?
Organization?
What role did she
play in the
organization?
What path should
be used to gain the
right for women to
vote?
(Use understanding
of federalism in
your answer!)
Protest methods
used?
Alice Paul
Understanding the Women’s Suffrage Movement
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Suffragist Strategies
Read the following summary of the Suffrage Movement and complete the chart on the following page.
Suffrage: the right to
vote
Pro-Women’s Suffrage
Identify three arguments Senator Robert Owens
makes in favor of granting women the right to vote.
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Identify three arguments the National AntiSuffrage Association makes against granting
women the right to vote.
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Interpreting a Map- Geopolitical Analysis
Geopolitics studies the relationship between the history and politics of a region with its geographic location. As you
answer the questions below, think about how the geographic location of suffrage and anti-suffrage states is significant in
understanding the debate over women’s right to vote.
1. Suffrage was already in many states by the time of the Nineteenth Amendment. What pattern do you notice in the
locations of states that did and did not pass suffrage at the state level?
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2. Refer back to the reading on page 1 of this packet. What accounts for the trend you identified on the map?
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Interpreting a Political Cartoon
1. Historical context – What big issue or event is this cartoon about? Provide a
brief definition.
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2. Identify two facts (people, places or events) you would need to know about
to understand this cartoon. (Hint- don’t interpret the cartoon here, tell me
about the history!) Explain or define each.
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3. What symbols does the cartoonist use? What do they represent?
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4. What opinion is being expressed through this cartoon? How do the symbols
help to reflect this opinion?
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