Question

What caused the women’s rights movement to split in 1869?

A.

People disagreed over whether women should have the vote.

B.

People disagreed over whether the two major women’s rights organizations should merge.

C.

People disagreed over whether to support the 14th and 15th amendments.

D.

People disagreed over whether to have a convention.

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Answer 1

The women's rights movement splits into two factions as a result of disagreements over the Fourteenth and soon-to-be-passed Fifteenth Amendments. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony form the more radical, New York-based National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA).