Why was the creation of the National American Women Suffrage Movement in 1890 a critical event in the Women’s Suffrage Movement?(1 point)
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It focused on getting the right to vote through the Fourteenth Amendment.
It focused on getting the right to vote through the Fourteenth Amendment.
It canceled all public rallies to avoid bad publicity for the Women’s Suffrage Movement.
It canceled all public rallies to avoid bad publicity for the Women’s Suffrage Movement.
It led to a focus on changing state laws to allow women to vote.
It led to a focus on changing state laws to allow women to vote.
It lobbied Congress to quickly pass the Nineteenth Amendme
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The correct response is: It led to a focus on changing state laws to allow women to vote.
1. It focused on getting the right to vote through the Fourteenth Amendment.
This option is not correct. The creation of the National American Women Suffrage Movement in 1890 did not primarily focus on getting the right to vote through the Fourteenth Amendment. The Fourteenth Amendment, ratified in 1868, granted citizenship and equal protection under the law to all people born or naturalized in the United States, but it did not specifically address voting rights.
2. It canceled all public rallies to avoid bad publicity for the Women’s Suffrage Movement.
This option is not correct. The creation of the National American Women Suffrage Movement did not involve the cancellation of public rallies. Instead, it aimed to bring together various women's suffrage organizations from across the United States under a unified national movement. The movement actively engaged in public rallies and demonstrations to raise awareness and rally support for women's right to vote.
3. It led to a focus on changing state laws to allow women to vote.
This option is correct. The creation of the National American Women Suffrage Movement in 1890 was a critical event in the Women's Suffrage Movement because it shifted the focus towards changing state laws to allow women to vote. By organizing and mobilizing women's suffrage organizations on a national level, the movement was able to coordinate efforts to lobby state legislatures for suffrage reforms. This strategy proved successful in several states, leading to the gradual expansion of women's suffrage at the state level.
4. It lobbied Congress to quickly pass the Nineteenth Amendment.
This option is not correct. While the National American women Suffrage Movement did eventually lobby Congress for the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, which granted women the right to vote, this was not the immediate focus or outcome of its creation in 1890. The Nineteenth Amendment was not ratified until 1920, after several decades of tireless advocacy and campaigning by the women's suffrage movement.