How it works
Four rounds follow the movement in the United States from a widow's vote in a Massachusetts town meeting in 1756 to the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920, with a few questions on the vote around the world.
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The women's suffrage movement trivia questions and answers, by era
First voices and conventions covers the years to 1853: Margaret Fuller, the Grimké speech and the Declaration of Sentiments. Rival associations and the courts runs from 1866 to 1890: two organizations, the New Departure and a Senate vote. The turn of the tide takes in bicycles, the antis, Alice Paul and Carrie Chapman Catt.
After 1920
The Nineteenth Amendment and the wider world asks about the House vote, late ratifications, Puerto Rico and Guam, then Berlin, South Australia and France. Tap a choice to check it; the reason appears with the answer.
- For a history class, play the rounds in order: they run from 1756 to 1973.
Questions and answers
What are some easy women's suffrage trivia questions?
Which newly popular activity of the late 1890s gave women more mobility? On what basis does the Nineteenth Amendment say the vote cannot be denied? What did the largest suffrage association become? The answers are riding bicycles, sex and the League of Women Voters.
When was the women's suffrage amendment first introduced in Congress?
In 1878. The Senate rejected it 16 to 34 in 1887. The amendment that became law passed the House on May 21, 1919, and the Senate on June 4, 1919.
What is Women's Equality Day?
It is an annual celebration of the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, held on August 26. The adoption of the amendment was certified on August 26, 1920.
How were the answers checked?
Each was read on October 3, 2026 in the English Wikipedia article linked under it: Women's suffrage in the United States, Women's suffrage, or Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Everyone named has died, and current politics is left out.