Autumn 2 Y6 History- The Suffragettes

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Lesson 1- democracy in the 19th Century

Before 1832 in Britain, what % of the country were allowed to vote?

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1. 0.3%

2. 3%

3. 30%

4. 100%

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The word 'suffrage' means...

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1. to suffer

2. the right to vote

3. the right to campaign

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The Great Reform Act of 1832 granted who the right to vote?

1. All men

2. Women

3. Me who owned property worth more than £10

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What did the suffragettes campaign for?

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1. Equal rights for women

2. The right for a woman Prime Minister

3, The right for women to vote

4. The right for all men over 21 to vote.

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Lesson 2- National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS)

a Union is...

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1. A musical band

2. the joining together of similar minded groups

3. Another word for marriage

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In 1897, 17 individual groups advocating women's suffrage joined together as a union. They were known as...

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1. The suffragettes

2. the National Union of Women's Suffarge Societies (NUWSS)

3. The Conservative Party

4. The Labour Party

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Who was elected as the leader of the NUWSS?

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1. Margaret Thatcher

2. Millicent Fawcett

3, Hilary Clinton

4. Emmeline Pankhurst

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What type of protest did she advocate?

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1. violent protest (aggression)

2. Peaceful protest (letters, marches, newspaper articles, petitions etc)

3. Aggressive protest

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Lesson 3-

1in 1903, a former member of the NUWSS formed the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU). Who was it?

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1. Margaret Thatcher

2. Millicent Fawcett

3. Emmeline Pankhurst.

4. Hilary Clinton

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How were her tactics different to previous movements'?

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1. She used more extremist tactics including some violence

2. She managed to take over a newspaper

3. The use of propaganda

4. Through daily broadcasts over the radio

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In 1913, who was the member of the WSPU that famously threw herself under one of the king's racehorses at Epsom and died out of protest?

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1. Millicent Fawcett

2. Emmeline Pankhurst

3. Margaret Thatcher

4. Emily Wilding Davison

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Lesson 4

During the 19th and early 20th Century, there was widespread support for anti-suffragism. With some people believing that gender equality threatened the nation, the Empire and traditional family life.

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1. True

2. False

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1908

1910

Men's unioons unite to form the National League for Opposing Women's Suffrage.

Women's National Anti-Suffrage League set up to prove that NOT ALL women supported women's suffrage.

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All women wanted to right to vote. Can you think of reasons why?

True

false

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Lesson 5

What did Emmeline Pankhurst do when WWI broke out in 1914?

1. Threw herself under on of the king's horses at Epsom races

2. Stopped the campaign for women's suffrage to support the war effort.

3. Increased the amount of protests taking place

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What did many women do during the war?

1. Joined the army and navy

2. Carried out many of the jobs traditionally carried out by men

3. Continued to campaign fort women's suffrage

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In 1918, the Representation of the People Act gave men and women the right to vote. All was now fair. Explain

1. True

2. False

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What happened in 1928?

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1. All men over the age of 21 were given the right to vote

2. All women were given the right to vote

3. Women over the age of 18 were given the right to vote

4. Women over the age of 21 were given the right to vote

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