(1) During the nineteenth century, women in the United States organized and participated in a large number of reform movements, including movements to reorganize the prison system, improve education, ban the sale of alcohol, and, most importantly, to free the slaves. Some women saw similarities in the social status of women and slaves. Women like Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucy Stone were feminists and abolitionists, including William Lloyd Garrison and Wendell Philips, also supported the rights of women to speak and participate equally with men in antislavery activities. Probably more than any other movement, abolitionism offered women a previously denied entry into politics. They became involved primarily in order to better their living conditions and the conditions of others.
(2) When the Civil War ended in 1865, the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution adopted in 1868 and 1870 granted citizenship and suffrage to blacks but not to women. Discouraged but resolved, feminists influenced more and more women to demand the right to vote. In 1869 the Wyoming Territory had yielded to demands by feminists, but eastern states resisted more stubbornly than before. A women’s suffrage bill had been presented to every Congress since 1878 but it continually failed to pass until 1920, when the Nineteenth Amendment granted women the right to vote.

With what topic is the passage primarily concerned?

Đáp án đúng: D

The word “ban” in paragraph 1 most nearly means to

Đáp án đúng: C

The word “supported” in paragraph 1 could best be replaced by

Đáp án đúng: D

According to the passage, why did women become active in politics?

Đáp án đúng: A

The word “primarily” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to

Đáp án đúng: A

What had occurred shortly after the Civil War?

Đáp án đúng: D

The word “suffrage” in paragraph 2 could best be replaced by which of the following?

Đáp án đúng: D

What does the Nineteenth Amendment guarantee?

Đáp án đúng: C

The word “it” in paragraph 2 refers to

Đáp án đúng: A

When were women allowed to vote throughout the United States?

Đáp án đúng: D