Woman's Right to Suffrage / Susan B. Anthony

Test Practice

Identify Author’s Purpose

With your partner, discuss how to answer these questions about the the author’s purpose.

1. Which statement best expresses Anthony’s central argument?
a. Her arrest for voting was unconstitutional.
b. Women are people.
c. Women and African Americans are being denied their rights.
d. Women are citizens of the United States, just like men, and deserve the same democratic rights as men.


What is the correct answer to the question above? How did the information you gathered during reading help you eliminate incorrect answers?

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