The following question has two parts. First, answer Part A. Then, answer Part B.

Question

Part A:

Which statement about the relationship between the NWSA and AWSA is accurate?

A.
The NWSA worked on passing the Nineteenth Amendment, while the AWSA supported the campaign for the Fifteenth Amendment.

B.
The NWSA focused on changing the federal government, while the AWSA worked to influence changes at the local and state level.

C.
The women of the AWSA formed their group as a result of attending the convention held by the founders of the NWSA.

D.
The work of the NWSA paved the way for the AWSA and other women suffrage groups to form many years later.

Answer 1

B. The NWSA focused on changing the federal government, while the AWSA worked to influence changes at the local and state level.

Part B:

Why do you think the NWSA and AWSA had different focuses in their work?

Answer 2

Part B:

Which sentence from paragraph 3 of the article BEST provides support for the correct answer in Part A?

A.
There were two main groups with differing ideas about how to attain those goals.

B.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony formed the National Women's Suffrage Association (NWSA) in 1869.

C.
They did not support the campaign for the Fifteenth Amendment, which would give African
American men the right to vote, because it excluded women.

D.
Lucy Stone, Julia Ward Howe, and Henry Blackwell started the American Woman
Suffrage Association (AWSA) that same year.

Answer 3

Option D. "Lucy Stone, Julia Ward Howe, and Henry Blackwell started the American Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA) that same year." provides support for the correct answer in Part A. This sentence indicates that the AWSA was formed in response to the creation of the NWSA, suggesting that the NWSA came first and paved the way for the AWSA to form later.