Question

Why was Susan B. Anthony arrested in 1872?
A) She voted in a New York state election after the Fourteenth andFifteenth Amendments were passed.
B)She spoke out publicly against an election in the state of New York that she thought was rigged.
C)She went on a hunger strike after the Fourteenth and Fifteenth that Amendments were passed.
D)She tried to run for governor in the state of New York.

Answer 1

The defendant was a leader of the women's suffrage movement who was arrested for voting in Rochester, New York in the 1872 elections in violation of state laws that allowed only men to vote.