Lesson Y8-U05-L03

Y8-U05-L03 Suffragists vs Suffragettes Quiz: KS3 History, Unit 11

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The 20 questions

  1. What were suffragists?

    • Campaigners who forced their way into Parliament by breaking the windows
    • Campaigners who wanted votes for women by peaceful, lawful methods
    • Campaigners who wanted votes for men but not for women
    • Campaigners who believed that only the monarch should choose the MPs

  2. What were suffragettes?

    • Campaigners who wrote petitions and sent them to the King each year
    • Campaigners who used militant, forceful and sometimes illegal methods
    • Campaigners who supported the government in all of its decisions about the war
    • Campaigners who ran local schools to teach women to read and write

  3. Which motto best describes the suffragists?

    • Patient persuasion
    • Victory or death
    • Rights for all
    • Deeds, not words

  4. What was the motto of the suffragettes?

    • Deeds, not words
    • Patient persuasion
    • Work, not war
    • Votes for everyone

  5. Who led the NUWSS, which was founded in 1897?

    • Emily Wilding Davison
    • Millicent Fawcett
    • David Lloyd George
    • Emmeline Pankhurst

  6. Who founded the WSPU in 1903?

    • Herbert Asquith
    • Millicent Fawcett
    • Emily Wilding Davison
    • Emmeline Pankhurst

  7. What was a 'deputation'?

    • A list of names printed in a newspaper as a protest against a law
    • A group of women who were sent to prison for breaking the windows
    • A large crowd that gathered to shout at a government building
    • A small group sent to put a case to people in power, such as Parliament

  8. About how many members did the NUWSS have by 1914?

    • Over 50,000
    • About 5 million
    • About 500,000
    • Under 5,000

  9. How many local societies did the suffragists have by 1914?

    • More than 400
    • Over 4,000
    • Exactly 14
    • Fewer than 40

  10. Which of these was a tactic used by the suffragists?

    • Smashing shop windows in the centre of towns
    • Petitions, leaflets and public meetings
    • Chaining themselves to the railings of Parliament
    • Burning down empty buildings used by government officials

  11. Which tactics were used by the suffragettes in their early actions?

    • Publishing leaflets in local newspapers and asking for a calm debate
    • Writing petitions, holding public meetings and lobbying MPs in Westminster
    • Organising deputations to meet ministers in London and discuss the law
    • Heckling MPs, chaining themselves to railings and smashing windows

  12. What did suffragettes often do when they were imprisoned?

    • Go on hunger strike and be force-fed
    • Sign petitions and send them to the King each week
    • Study law and prepare to become MPs in the future
    • Work in the prison kitchens to earn money for their campaigns

  13. Which group chose to use 'constitutional' methods?

    • The militants
    • The Pankhursts
    • The suffragists
    • The suffragettes

  14. A campaigner uses petitions and deputations to persuade MPs. Which group does she most likely belong to?

    • The suffragettes, who used militant methods
    • The suffragists, who used peaceful and lawful methods
    • The Chartists, who campaigned for the People's Charter
    • The WSPU, which was led by Emmeline Pankhurst

  15. A campaigner smashes windows and chains herself to railings. Which group is she most likely in?

    • The suffragettes, who chose militant action
    • The NUWSS, which was led by Millicent Fawcett
    • The suffragists, who wrote polite letters to the Prime Minister
    • The Chartists, who wanted votes for working-class men

  16. What did both the suffragists and the suffragettes want?

    • Votes for women on the same terms as men
    • Votes for every child in the country aged under 16
    • Votes for the monarch to choose all of the MPs
    • Votes for the factory owners to protect their profits

  17. Why did the suffragettes believe militant action was necessary?

    • They believed that the King had asked them to use force against the government, and were paid by the WSPU
    • They believed that the law gave them the right to break windows and fight in the streets whenever the police arrived
    • They believed that the King had asked them to use force against the government
    • They believed only dramatic action, which made them impossible to ignore, would force Parliament to act

  18. Why did the suffragists believe respectable behaviour would help their cause?

    • They thought that respectable women were the only ones who could legally vote
    • They thought that Parliament would only listen to MPs who wore formal clothes
    • They thought looking respectable and reasonable would win over Parliament in time
    • They thought that respectable behaviour would allow them to avoid all taxes

  19. Which statement best describes the idea of 'two armies' in the campaign for votes?

    • Two groups of MPs, one for women and one for working-class men
    • Two parties in Parliament that wanted opposite results on voting
    • Two groups with the same goal who disagreed about the methods to win the vote
    • Two armies of women who fought each other on the streets of London

  20. Why did the government's force-feeding of hunger strikers shock the public?

    • It was a tax that was paid by all women who went to prison for protests
    • It was a law that let the government take control of every prison in Britain
    • It was painful and dangerous, and it made many suffragettes look like sympathetic victims
    • It was an order that banned all visitors from entering the prisons at any time

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