Why Did the Women's Suffrage Movement Increasingly Focus Its Attention

question 11

Multiple Choice

Why did the women's suffrage movement increasingly focus its attention on a national amendment to the Constitution?

• A) State campaigns were difficult and often unsuccessful.
• B) Women were not going to be satisfied with local voting rights only, and they wanted a say in presidential elections.
• C) Because suffrage organizations were predominantly national in scale, organizing state-level campaigns proved impossible.
• D) Men were more likely to consent to women's right to vote if it was universal across the nation, not just in their state.
• E) Constitutional amendments were a time-honored tradition in the United States.

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