Question 1

True or false: Susan B. Anthony was arrested for voting in the 1872 presidential election.

Accepted Answer

True. She voted in Rochester, New York, was arrested, and fined $100, which she never paid.

Question 2

True or false: The first women's suffrage convention was held in Seneca Falls, New York, in 1848.

Accepted Answer

True. The Seneca Falls Convention in 1848 marked the formal start of the women's suffrage movement in the US.

Question 3

True or false: Women in all US states could vote in local elections before the 19th Amendment.

Accepted Answer

False. Only a handful of states allowed full or partial voting rights before 1920; most women had no voting rights at all.

Question 4

True or false: Wyoming was the first US territory to grant women the right to vote in 1869.

Accepted Answer

True. Wyoming Territory passed the first women's suffrage law in 1869, even before it became a state.

Question 5

True or false: Black women were fully granted the right to vote by the 19th Amendment with no further obstacles.

Accepted Answer

False. Poll taxes, literacy tests, and violence prevented many Black women from voting until the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Question 6

True or false: The 19th Amendment was ratified in 1920, but some Native American women couldn't vote until 1957.

Accepted Answer

True. Many Native Americans were not considered US citizens until the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924, and some states barred them from voting until 1957.

Question 7

True or false: President Woodrow Wilson supported women's suffrage from the start of his presidency.

Accepted Answer

False. Wilson was initially opposed; he only backed the 19th Amendment after years of protests and political pressure in 1918.

Question 8

True or false: The 19th Amendment was originally introduced in Congress in 1878.

Accepted Answer

True. It was first proposed in 1878 but failed repeatedly until its passage in 1919 and ratification in 1920.

Women's right to vote USA Trivia Questions