The suffragette story
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- In this lesson, we will learn a story about how a group of women campaigned for the right to vote. These women were known as the 'suffragettes' and used radical methods to get attention.
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5 Questions
Q1.
What document did William Lovett help write?
The American Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen
The Great Reform Act of 1832
Q2.
What was the main desire of the Chartists?
To make Britain a republic
To make Britain the wealthiest country on earth
To make the British government more stable
Q3.
Which organisation spied on Chartist activities?
The House of Lords
The Tories
The Whigs
Q4.
What name is given to the businesses set up by British workers which allowed lots of people to share the profits?
Factories
Parliament
Trade unions
Q5.
Which of the following best describes a Whig interpretation of history?
Stories about people in the eighteenth century who wear wigs
Stories which focus on the lives of ordinary people
Stories which show rulers were the same in every period
5 Questions
Q1.
Which of the following was a Suffragette leader?
Anna Wheeler
Mary Wollstonecraft
Millicent Fawcett
Q2.
How did the Suffragettes try to gain attention for their cause?
Peaceful demonstrations
Work with the Chartists
Write books
Q3.
Some women were given the right to vote immediately after which war?
The Boer War
The Napoleonic War
The Second World War
Q4.
What did suffragettes encourage women to do between 1914 and 1918?
Continue to campaign aggressively for the right to vote
Enlist as soldiers to fight
Get arrested
Q5.
In which year did British women get the same voting rights as men?
1832
1867
1918