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Section 4
Practice Test One
Before and during the Civil War, Anthony and
most of the rest of the women's movement allied
themselves with the abolitionist movement. "All
(90) rights for all!" the subtitle of Frederick Douglass's
pro-abolitionist paper, became the unofficial
motto of every facet of civil rights work. It was
Anthony's hope that if she used the influence she
had created in the women's movement to sup-
(95) port black emancipation and suffrage, the
Republican Party would support women's suffrage
in return. She was surprised and disappointed
when, in 1870, the Fifteenth Amendment was
adopted to extend the vote specifically to black
(100) men only. It was the first time the word "male"
had been written into the constitution, and
Anthony felt abandoned and betrayed by the
people she had worked so hard to support. This
event spawned some regrettably racist commen-
(105) tary by Anthony, who bitterly wrote that educated
white women would make better voters than
"ignorant" black men.
Despite her disillusionment and disappointment,
she and Stanton continued to work for
(1 10) the female vote, this time without abolitionist
support. Together they formed the National
Woman Suffrage Association and later the
National American Woman Suffrage Association
(NA WSA). Though by the time of her death in
(1 15) 1906, she had not seen a federal amendment
granting women the right to vote, her work
was not in vain. In 1920, one hundred years
after Susan B. Anthony's birth, the Nineteenth
Amendment finally gave adult American women
(120) the right to vote.
10. The passage provides the most information about
Anthony's
(A) enduring friendships
(B) racism
( C) ineffectiveness as a speaker
(D) advocacy for female suffrage
(E) work for temperance
11. The passage suggests that the New York State
legislature did not accept the petition to limit the
sale of alcohol (lines 12-14) because
(A) they did not think that women and children
were wise enough to propose legislation
(B) it was too politically unpopular to restrict the
sale of alcohol
( C) they were out of touch with their constituency
(D) the opinions of nonvoters were of less
interest to elected officials
(E) petitions were generally ignored in state
governments in those days
12. The discussion of political cartoons featuring
Susan B. Anthony (lines 47-52) suggests that
Anthony
(A) had a reputation equivalent to that of George
Washington during her lifetime
(B) grew in importance in the public eye in the
decades after her death
( C) knew George Washington personally
(D) was considered much more important when
she was alive than she is today
(E) was a failure as a political activist
13. In context, the word "complement" (line 58) most
nearly means
(A) praise
(B) assistance
(C) contribution
(D) dearth
(E) number
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