Victory for the ACT Student Text 15e

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1. The nineteenth-century feminist leader Susan B. Anthony fought long and hard to guarantee women the right to vote. In this speech, based on her situation at the time, she talks as if she were a: A. defendant on trial. B. chairperson of a committee. C. legislator arguing for a new law. D. judge ruling at a trial. 2. Anthony broadens her appeal to her audience by showing how her case could affect all: F. existing laws. G. United States citizens. H. women. J. uneducated persons. 3. Anthony quotes the preamble to the Constitution (lines 13–18) in order to: A. impress the audience with her intelligence. B. utilize a common legalistic trick. C. point out which part of the preamble needs to be changed. D. add force to her argument. 4. According to Anthony, who formed the Union? F. Only one-half of the people G. The whole people H. White male citizens only J. White female citizens 5. When Anthony says that the blessings of liberty are forever withheld from women and their female posterity, she means that: A. all classes of women are discriminated against. B. women of the past have been victimized. C. female children of the poor will be the only ones affected. D. women of the present and the future will suffer.

Anthony argues that a government that denies women the right to vote is not a democracy because its powers do not come from: F. the Constitution of the United States. G. the rights of the states. H. the consent of the governed. J. the vote of the majority. According to this speech, an “oligarchy of sex” would cause: A. women to rebel against the government. B. men to desert their families. C. problems to develop in every home. D. the educated to rule the ignorant.  –Š‹• •’‡‡…Šǡ ƒ…‹–‹œ‡ ‹• †‡ϐ‹‡† ƒ• ƒ person who has the right to vote and also the right to: F. acquire wealth. G. speak publicly. Ǥ Š‘Ž† ‘ˆϐ‹…‡Ǥ J. pay taxes. Anthony argues that state laws that discriminate against women are: A. being changed. B. null and void. C. helpful to the rich. D. supported by the Constitution.

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Passage Perfect To answer questions like item #1, pay attention to the relationships within, not so much to the details of, the analogies. What similarities does the relationship between Susan B. Anthony and her ϐ‹‰Š– ˆ‘” ™‘‡ǯ• right to vote share with the relationships of ‡ƒ…Š ϐ‹‰—”‡ ‹ –Š‡ answer choices to his or her situation? For example, consider the power balances operating in each scenario. Passage Perfect For a moment, suspend what you know about ™Šƒ– “—ƒŽ‹ϐ‹‡• ƒ democracy and refer to the passage to understand what –Š‘› “—ƒŽ‹ϐ‹‡• as a democracy. Pay attention to details in the proximity of the argument and locate key words from the answer choices, but do not blindly choose an answer choice that regurgitates certain words and phrases from the passage without also making sure they answer the question.

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