Why Did the Battle Over Black Suffrage Ultimately Divide the Women's

question 23

Multiple Choice

Why did the battle over black suffrage ultimately divide the women's rights movement?

• A) A large part of the women's rights movement did not believe that a constitutional amendment was necessary in order to gain the vote.
• B) Half of the movement advocated focusing on the rights of black women, while the other half emphasized that first priority should be on the rights of black men.
• C) Some advocates of women's rights refused to support black suffrage without similar guarantees of woman suffrage.
• D) The women's rights movement had always avoided the debate over slavery, and many now feared being drawn into the new debate over black rights.
• E) The leaders of the women's rights movement were racists who believed that black suffrage was a mistake.

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