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Suffrage Movement

The video clips below are from the movie, "Iron Jawed Angles," a movie about the struggle for women to obtain the right to vote. Answer the questions that follow each clip. You may stop the clip, if necessary, or watch it again to make sure you have answered the questions properly. media type="youtube" key="AtUY-wVLdeY" width="560" height="315" align="center"

1. How do people react when the parade begins?

2, What is written on the signs?

3. Why are some women wearing graduation caps and gowns?

4. Why are some women dressed in clothes from their native country?

5. Ida Wells Barnett is the black woman who enters the middle of the parade. Since she was black, she was asked to march at the back of the parade, but she refused. Why does she insist on marching with her peers and what is Alice Paul's (Hilary Swank) reaction?

6. The parade takes place the day before President Woodrow Wilson's Inauguration. Why are he and his wife surprised when they exit the hotel?

7. Why did you think suffragists picked that day for the parade?

8. How does the crowd change?

9. How do the police react?

10. Do you think the parade was a success? Why or why not? Be specific.

The character played by Patrick Dempsey (the man with the striped jacket and straw hat) works for a newspaper. Pretend that you are a newspaper reporter assigned to cover the parade. Write a paragraph describing the parade.

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1. Where do the suffragists picket?

2. Why are people surprised that they are picketing at this location?

3. What is the president's reaction when he sees the picketers?

4. In an attempt to remove the picketers, officials discuss possible charges against the women. What is the first charge they consider? Why won't it work?

5. How do the women respond to the weather changes?

6. What does the war veteran say to the women?

7. One of the men notes that a member of Congress wrote a bill to make it illegal to carry a treasonous banner in front of the White House. Why won't that work as a way to remove the women?

8. The woman writing in her diary is fictitious, but was supposed to be the wife of a Senator, who was against suffrage. Although reluctant to join the movement at first, she brings the women coffee and holds a banner for a moment. Why do you think she is nervous about holding the banner?

9. Once the US enters World War I, some people think the women should stop picketing the White House. Why do you think they continue?

10. Eventually the women are arrested for "obstructing traffic." Why are they charged with this offense?

Pretend you are one of the women holding a sign or banner in front of the White House. Write two journal entries about the experience.

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1. Why does Carrie Chapman Catt storm into Wilson's office? 2. Alice Paul went on a hunger strike in the prison after being arrested for "obstructing traffic" and was force fed to keep her alive. When she is being released, the male guard tries to help her, but the matron (female guard) tells him to "Let her be." Why doesn't she want the man to help Alice? 3. What reasons does Wilson give in support of the Constitutional Amendment? 4. During the speech the older woman (Carrie Chapman Catt) stands up so Alice Paul can sit down. Why? 5 After Congress approves the Amendment, 3/4 of the states have to approve it. Which state is the last state to approve it? 6. What is the significance of the red and yellow roses? 7. Lucy Burns and Alice Paul discuss what they will do if the Amendment fails to pass. Name two of the countries they mention where women already had the right to vote. 8. Why are the women surprised when the Amendment passes?