Tuesday 23 February 2016

The Suffragettes

Today you will have to work on your own to answer the following questions and complete the activities. You will have only this class to do so. Please use this link for your answers.

1. What did the suffragettes want?

2. Which year did the suffragette movement begin in the UK?

3. Why did Millicent Fawcett believe in peaceful protest?

4. Write down one argument that Fawcett made in favour of the suffrage movement.

5. Why did most men in Parliament not want women there?

6. Two male politicians refused to answer the question if they believed women had the right to vote. What was the effect of this during a protest?

7. What violent actions did the suffragettes begin to take in the UK? Name at least 3.

8. What was the Cat and Mouse act?

9. What was an extreme act that a suffragette took in 1913?

10. Draw a poster promoting the women's suffrage movement. It must contain a slogan as well.

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